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A unified approach to crisis management on Covid-19

COMMENT | We watched intently as governments all over the world cope with this crisis.

At first, it was China. We watched as China built hospitals virtually overnight to cope with the large number of patients requiring hospital care. We were astonished and impressed with China's capacity to do so. We watched with astonishment the draconian lock-down China imposed.

We watched Hong Kong struggle to keep the city free from the virus spreading from China.

And then we saw the spread of the Covid-19 to South Korea, with the epicentre moving from Wuhan to Korea.

Then it moved to Italy. And we were also surprised when Italy imposed a lock-down as well. Then it was Spain and France and Germany.

Now, it is everywhere.

What astonished us was to see the inadequacy of the American response... 

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