Geo-epidemiological approach of the COVID-19 pandemic in France and in Europe for public health policies

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown great heterogeneity between countries that merits investigation. There is a need to better highlight the variability in the pandemic trajectories in different geographic areas. By using openly available data from 'GitHub' COVID-19 dataset for Europe and from the official dataset of France for the period 2020 to 2021, I present the three COVID-19 waves in France and Europe in maps. The epidemic trends across areas display different evolutions for different time periods. National and European public health authorities will be able to improve allocation of resources for more effective public health measures based on geo-epidemiological analyses.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has spread heterogeneously across countries, prompting the need for investigation. By utilizing open data from 'GitHub' COVID-19 dataset and France's official dataset, the author maps out the three waves of COVID-19 in France and Europe. The epidemic trends vary across different areas and time periods. Geo-epidemiological analyses can help national and European public health authorities allocate resources more effectively for public health measures.