How COVID-19 Took Over the World : COVID-19全球蔓延︰給未來的啟示

The pandemic left disorder and crises in its wake everywhere it struck. Drawing on disciplines including public health, politics, and socioeconomics, this book tracks the spread of COVID-19 to weave a coherent picture that explains how scientists learnt about the virus, how authorities reacted around the world, and how different societies coped.

Written by a leading team of public health, policy, and economics experts, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of various countries’ responses to the onset of the pandemic. The first part of the book provides an overview of global governance and international cooperation, economic and social consequences of the outbreak, and breakthroughs in mathematical modelling and COVID-19 vaccines. The second part of the book examines and compares specific countries and regions through the lens of good governance, social contract, and political trust.

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Christine Loh is the chief development strategist at Institute for the Environment, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and visiting scholar at the Center for Global Management, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, as well as editor of At the Epicentre: Hong Kong and the SARS Outbreak (2004).