Health
Pandemic panel condemns global failure to heed COVID-19 warnings – Al Jazeera English
Report says world went from ‘at risk’ to ‘disorder’ because too few governments prepared effectively for a pandemic.
A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” into a “world in disorder”, according to a new report on international epidemic preparedness.
“Financial and political investments in preparedness have been insufficient, and we are all paying the price,” said the report by The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).
“It is not as if the world has lacked the opportunity to take these steps,” it added….
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