Prevention Is Better Than the Cure: Risk Management of COVID-19

A novel coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in China on 31 December 2019. The WHO named the disease COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. As of 26 February 2020, the disease has been detected on all continents, except for Antarctica. Daily updates on COVID-19 since early February...

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Main Author: Michael McAleer
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:13:y:2020:i:3:p:46-:d:327711 2024-04-14T08:02:40+00:00 Prevention Is Better Than the Cure: Risk Management of COVID-19 Michael McAleer https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/3/46/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/3/46/ unknown https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/3/46/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/3/46/ article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:28:55Z A novel coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in China on 31 December 2019. The WHO named the disease COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. As of 26 February 2020, the disease has been detected on all continents, except for Antarctica. Daily updates on COVID-19 since early February 2020 have made headline news worldwide for much of 2020. This editorial evaluates risk management based on the Global Health Security (GHS) Index of global health security capabilities in 195 countries. The GHS Index lists the countries best prepared for an epidemic or pandemic. COVID-19 is compared with two related coronavirus epidemics, SARS and MERS, in terms of the number of reported human infections, deaths, countries, major country clusters, timelines, and the likelihood of discovering a safe, effective, and approved vaccine. COVID-19; SARS; MERS; risk management; vaccines; cures; clinical trials Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
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description A novel coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in China on 31 December 2019. The WHO named the disease COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. As of 26 February 2020, the disease has been detected on all continents, except for Antarctica. Daily updates on COVID-19 since early February 2020 have made headline news worldwide for much of 2020. This editorial evaluates risk management based on the Global Health Security (GHS) Index of global health security capabilities in 195 countries. The GHS Index lists the countries best prepared for an epidemic or pandemic. COVID-19 is compared with two related coronavirus epidemics, SARS and MERS, in terms of the number of reported human infections, deaths, countries, major country clusters, timelines, and the likelihood of discovering a safe, effective, and approved vaccine. COVID-19; SARS; MERS; risk management; vaccines; cures; clinical trials
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title_full_unstemmed Prevention Is Better Than the Cure: Risk Management of COVID-19
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