Global and regional governance: Initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic
At a Glance
01-04-2020
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 to be a pandemic, confirming the global impact of the disease. Across the world, regional and global international organisations are stepping up coordination to confront the medical crisis and mitigate its effects on economies, societies and individuals.
At a Glance
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- Asia and Oceania
- China
- communications
- coronavirus disease
- disinformation
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- epidemic
- EU alert system
- G20
- GEOGRAPHY
- group of leading industrialised countries
- health
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- medical device
- medical research
- organisation of work and working conditions
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- protective equipment
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- United Nations
- vaccine
- World Health Organisation
- world organisations