Rich countries ‘must give 1bn vaccines’ to poor – COVID-19 panel
Mobile medical services in Karnataka state, India. The COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented, according to a WHO-appointed panel of health experts. Copyright: Trinity Care Foundation, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Delays in response, denial of science resulted in global crisis
Rich nations must step up with vaccine doses for poorer countries
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Updated: 12 May 2021, 13:16
THE catastrophic scale of the coronavirus pandemic was caused by a toxic cocktail of delay, hesitation and denial, a report has revealed.
A series of disastrous decisions led to the deaths of nearly four million people and devastated the global economy, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said.
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The emergence of Covid was defined by a mix of some early and rapid action, but also by delay, hesitation, and denial Credit: Alamy
Institutions failed to protect people and science-denying leaders damaged public trust in health interventions, the panel said in its long-awaited final report.
It said the early response to the outbreak in Wuhan, China, lacked urgency and February 2020 was branded a lost month as countries failed to take action.