The Group of 20, chaired by Saudi Arabia, must consider the specific plight of the poorest countries during global pandemicsA cook prepares a meal in Shanghai on February 18 2020. Picture: AFP/NOEL CELIS
Instead, focusing on reducing the global spread would actually save more lives overall, especially as a global pandemic needs no visa and knows no border. That is why fighting a pandemic jointly is a global public good.This Covid-19 black swan requires global co-operation and co-ordination.
The world needs a long-term response, so the Saudi presidency should also work closely with the next two G20 presidencies, Italy and India . This would allow for significant continuity in the actions taken by the G20 as a collective, as the pandemic could last between 12 and 18 months before a vaccine is rolled out globally. Certainly, the socioeconomic and fiscal effects will be felt for some time after that, even if the pandemic were to be flattened sooner.
Global preparedness for the outbreak of infectious diseases has strengthened since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2014/2015, but that there is still insufficient investment
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