Besides making short-term decisions to confront the issues at hand, the government must also ensure that the country can deal with the coronavirus crisis over a prolonged period of time, an international public health expert says.
— The government must also think long-term when deciding on how to address the coronavirus crisis, an international public health expert said on Tuesday.
“This is something we’ll have to deal with over a period of time. Therefore it’s very important that we put into place the right public health infrastructure to be able to deal with it until there is a vaccine,” she added. This need for self-sufficiency comes amid reports of global shortage of protective equipment, especially among health workers battling the viral disease.
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