Lessons That World Must learn from China on How Countries Can Prevent & Rebound from Global Pandemic like COVID-19

UpakarPoudel

Chinese hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients a few weeks ago now have empty beds in all corona isolation Hospitals in Wuhan. Trials of experimental drugs are having difficulty enrolling enough eligible patients. And the number of new cases reported each day has plummeted the past few weeks.The spread of the novel coronavirus has led governments across the world to implement extraordinary measures to rein in the pandemic and cushion its serious economic impact. Worse, while the daily growth of local cases in China has been kept to double digits for days, the increase of cases outside of the country is still in its explosive stage, and shows no signs of abating, particularly in the United States and the worst-hit countries in Europe and the Middle East.Despite the unmistakable seriousness of the situation, some countries have tried to play down the risks, and the measures they have taken are not only insufficient to control the pandemic at home, but also not enough to prevent themselves from being the source of virus transmission to other countries.What was framed as a disaster for the Chinese government at the start of the pandemic has now earned it plaudits for arresting the spread of the virus within the country and for demonstrating its international leadership in supporting the rest of the world. This U-turn has shown China’s capacity for administrative enforcement and campaign-style mass mobilisation to combat the epidemic.