What it takes to save seven billion people | BusinessMirror

AS the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life around the world, governments are doing everything they can to stem the spread of the virus. They have tried lockdowns, travel bans, school closures, social distancing, and other measures. Unfortunately, as countries focused exclusively on their own pandemic response, the virus managed to slip through so-called "gold standard defenses" and conquered the world. Global cases have exceeded 203 million, and more than 4 million people have died from Covid infection. Why was there no unified global response to the Covid-19 pandemic? In the event of a health crisis, the World Health Organization…