Coronavirus is a health pandemic that threatens to spawn an economic depression. The paper explores how the official statistics constituency has been affected inter alia in its readiness of, responses to and requirements for addressing coronavirus by official statistical agencies. First, in the production of statistics and second in measuring the impact of coronavirus in society. The paper sheds light on how the virus has attacked the very lens of observation – statistics as content and statistics as an institution. In particular we explore how the pandemic disrupted the 2020 Round of Population Censuses and what country responses are. In this regard, the responses of countries would be explored from the logistical and operational readiness and adaptation. We will explore how the statistical lens has been used to understand the effects of COVID-19 on well-being. The results of Alkire–Foster method (see OPHI, 2020) that generates multidimensional poverty index will be shared.

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致命的冠状病毒：数据和统计数据将消亡或适应，但一起——这就是问题

冠状病毒是一种健康流行病，有可能引发经济萧条。本文探讨了官方统计机构在准备、响应和要求官方统计机构应对冠状病毒方面如何受到影响。首先是统计数据的产生，其次是衡量冠状病毒对社会的影响。这篇论文揭示了病毒如何攻击观察的镜头——统计作为内容和统计作为一个机构。我们特别探讨了大流行如何扰乱了 2020 年的人口普查，以及各国的应对措施。在这方面，将从后勤和行动准备和适应方面探讨各国的反应。我们将探索如何使用统计视角来了解 COVID-19 对幸福感的影响。将共享生成多维贫困指数的 Alkire-Foster 方法（见 OPHI，2020）的结果。