Experts celebrated the medical advancements that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, but lamented the lack of government-level cooperation and charity between countries.
, with better access to medical technologies and deeper collaboration between scientists working to tackle infectious diseases, experts said.
“We have been able to ease hospital capacity concerns because of science and technology. The bad old days when we didn’t have tools and immunity are likely something of the past,” Dr Adalja told CNA’s Asia First on Friday . “So the technological aspect of things is great, we can make vaccines and test kits to identify these infections really quickly. But allocating them equitably was pretty dismal,” Prof Senanayake toldResearch has shown high disparities between rich and developing countries in terms of access to vaccines and other resources.
“When the next infectious disease emergency occurs, it is critical to have good public health communication and to be proactive so that policymakers aren't left with just blunt tools, that they're able to do things that are targeted, that are minimally disruptive,” he added.
“If it was a lab leak, we have to understand what biosafety breach breaches occurred at that lab and how to prevent that from happening because it's very important that people continue to do research on deadly viruses, but we want to make sure it's being done safely,” he added.
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