Ngaire Woods: Global co-operation is way to fight pandemic

Countries must notify each other immediately of any outbreak, governments must inform their citizens, and all should work together to find a vaccine, says Ngaire Woods.

BEFORE the coronavirus outbreak, which has become international news, a report by the World Health Organisation warned that the world was not prepared for “a fast-moving, virulent respiratory pathogen pandemic” that could kill between 50m and 80m people, causing widespread panic and disrupting global trade.