Coronavirus: WHO wants end to ‘panic-then-forget’ approach to epidemics

This is the first story in a 15-part series on the Covid-19 disease, one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It explores the response to the pandemic and what lessons may be learned as medical science predicts it won’t be the last. Please support us on our mission to bring you quality journalism.The World Health Organization calls it the “panic-then-forget” cycle.The typical pattern is an infectious disease of some form breaks out, governments and health authorities react…

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