Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness condemns world governments’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic
“COVID-19 is the 21st century’s Chernobyl moment not because a disease outbreak is like a nuclear accident, but because it has shown so clearly the gravity of the threat to our health and well-being. 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. If not now, then when?” Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, co-chairs of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness
World ignored COVID-19 warnings
Last Updated: Thu, May 13th, 2021, 11:31:22hrs
New Delhi: The world had ignored warnings which resulted in the outbreak of COVID-19, and the international system could have prevented it from escalating into the devastating pandemic, an independent global panel concluded on Wednesday.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response in its report said, It is clear to the Panel that the world was not prepared and had ignored warnings which resulted in a massive failure: an outbreak of SARS-COV-2 became a devastating pandemic.
After analysing the early response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the probe panel concluded that the international system could have been different, and prevented it from escalating into the devastating pandemic it became.
new domestic confirmed & new domestic cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered, at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province. There are currently 22 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases in Yunnan Province.
Imported Cases
9 new imported confirmed cases,
14 imported asymptomatic cases:
Shanghai Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from The US & the UAE
Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, both Chinese nationals returning from Tanzania; 6 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Tanzania, Chad (via Cairo), Nigeria (via Kigali), Saudi Arabia, Cambodia & Malaysia
Foshan in Guangdong Province – 3 asymptomatic cases, all Chinese nationals returning from Iraq, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
Tianjin Municipality – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Botswana (via Paris CdG); 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Senegal (via Paris CdG)