The independent review found that there were “weak links at every point in the chain of preparedness and response”.
It said “valuable time was lost” in the early days of the pandemic after the virus was detected in China in December 2019 because international emergency declaration procedures were “much too slow” to prevent the spread of a fast-moving respiratory pathogen.The damning report said that the crises enveloping places like Kathmandu, pictured, could have been avoided.
“It has caused a crisis so deep and wide that presidents, prime ministers and heads of international and regional bodies must now urgently accept their responsibility to transform the way in which the world prepares for and responds to global health threats.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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