WHO considers two thirds of all countries to be poorly equipped
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– Bad to mediocre – these are the marks that the World Health Organization gives to many countries for pandemic preparation. Even highly developed health systems have limited capacity, according to a paper. – – – DAccording to a media report, the World Health Organization (WHO) attests that many countries do not have good pandemic preparation. Most states worldwide are poorly to moderately prepared for epidemics, the “Spiegel” quotes from a position paper for a video conference scheduled for Sunday by the health ministers of the G-20 states on the corona crisis. The G 20, which also includes the USA, China and Germany, is currently chaired by Saudi Arabia. The WHO initially did not answer the German Press Agency when asked about the position paper. Only a third of the countries can detect outbreaks of epidemics and react to them, according to the “Spiegel” in the paper. Even highly developed health systems would then only have “limited capacities” to perform basic services. According to the report, the WHO predicts that in poor countries with weaker systems, the consequences of the corona pandemic would be “devastating”.
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