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COVID is a global humanitarian emergency – act like it

COVID is a global humanitarian emergency – act like it

DR AYOADE ALAKIJA THE world has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health crisis, but it’s time we shift gears and recognise it for the global humanitarian emergency that it is.  The events in India have shown there is no room for complacency. When you have a fire, you call the firefighters, and in this interconnected global community, the humanitarian agencies are our firefighters. The worldwide COVID pandemic is not nearly over – even as some countries reopen. I think sadly for us on the African continent, the pandemic is only just beginning.   The extremely limited diagnostics…
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