Forman, Rebecca 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0124-9997, Atun, Rifat, McKee, Martin and Mossialos, Elias ORCID: 0000-0001-8664-9297
(2020)
12 lessons learned from the management of the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Policy, 124 (6).
577 - 580.
ISSN 0168-8510
Abstract
The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly since the first cases hit Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, and has now landed in almost every part of the world. By mid-February 2020, China, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and – to some extent – Japan began to contain and control the spread of the virus, while conversely, cases increased rapidly in Europe and the United States. In response to the pandemic, many countries have had to introduce drastic legally mandated lockdowns to enforce physical separation, which are ravaging economies worldwide. Although it will be many months or even years before the final verdict can be reached, we believe that it is already possible to identify 12 key lessons that we can learn from to reduce the tremendous economic and social costs of this pandemic and which can inform responses to future crises. These include lessons around the importance of transparency, solidarity, coordination, decisiveness, clarity, accountability and more.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/health-polic... |
| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Divisions: | LSE Health Health Policy |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2020 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2024 22:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104620 |
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