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The impact on mobility, economy, and healthcare systems has only started to manifest. In Africa, more vulnerable countries included South Africa and Egypt in Europe, they were Russia, Germany, and Italy in Asia and Oceania, they were India, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey and for the Americas, they were Brazil, USA, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. Based on PVI results, certain countries were more vulnerable than others. The pandemic has placed an unprecedented burden on the world economy, healthcare, and globalization through travel, events cancellation, employment workforce, food chain, academia, and healthcare capacity. Utilizing a technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), we calculated a pandemic vulnerability index (PVI) by creating a quantitative measure of the potential global health. The healthcare capacity was assessed by considering healthcare system indicators and preparedness of countries. The economic impact was measured based on the workforce, event cancellations, food and agriculture, academic institutions, and supply chain. The mobility of individuals and its magnitude was assessed using airline and seaport trade data and travel information. The effect of globalization were operationalized in terms of mobility, economy, and healthcare systems. This paper aims to examine the potential impact of COVID-19 on globalization and global health in terms of mobility, trade, travel, and countries most impacted. Therefore, globalization has emerged as an essential mechanism of disease transmission. Additionally, the rise in urbanization and the closer integration of the world economy have facilitated global interconnectedness. Consequently, trade and travel have been recognized as significant determinants of the spread of disease. One way to reduce poverty in these groups is for wealthy nations to accept more imports from developing countries.Globalization has altered the way we live and earn a livelihood. A representative from Cuba said one result of globalization was that 20 percent of the world population consumed 80 percent of global production, leaving 80 percent of the population in increased poverty. An increase in poverty has a widespread cultural impact. Some United Nations members claim that globalization increases poverty particularly among young people, the old, women, indigenous peoples and migrants. Since the world´s dominant economies speak English, other languages have become less important. Certainly, English is widely used as a second or third language, which helps the globalization of business trade however, if business communities see more benefits in speaking Spanish or Chinese, they learn those instead. English as become the dominant language, across the world. Critics of globalization claim it marginalizes some languages and may even cause some languages to die out. Language is a key expression of cultural diversity. Similarly, Western nations are less likely to celebrate other cultural values and this further minimizes the importance of other cultures. The domination of news media and Internet services by Western companies helps maintain this influence over local views. Critics of globalization call this "cultural imperialism" because the West promotes its culture as having more worth, or being more correct, than other regions' cultural values. Another criticism is that Western nations, particularly the United States, impose cultural values on others through media and popular culture.
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