The United Arab Emirates emerged as the best country to live in based on the latest Bloomberg’s COVID-19 resilience rankings.
Bloomberg said that the UAE has basically gone back to pre-pandemic life: Property sales are at a decade high in its largest city of Dubai, restaurants are full, and the Expo—which is running until March. Dubai expo has attracted two million visitors since it started in October.
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European countries have previously ranked high from the survey over their vaccination rollout and reopening.
The UAE is the best place to live during the pandemic with a resilience score at 73.2, followed by Chile (72.6), Finland (71.3), Ireland (71.2), and Spain (70.9).
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“After dominating the top rungs of Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking for months, Europe has largely been dethroned with the United Arab Emirates — one of the most-consistent performers since the Ranking’s inception a year ago — becoming our new No. 1,” Bloomberg said.
“This month’s No. 1 the UAE, Canada, South Korea and Switzerland were the pandemic’s equivalent of season MVPs: whether in containing the virus’ spread, rolling out vaccination, fighting delta or reopening the economy, they consistently scored above average,” Bloomberg added. (TDT)
