COVID-19 : analysing the threat / edited by Ajey Lele, Kritika Roy.

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Publication details: New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2021.Description: xxvii, 426 p.: illustrations, maps ; 24cmISBN:

9789390095070

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DDC classification:

614.5 COV-

Contents:

Preface -- Abbreviations -- About the contributors -- Introduction -- section I. The global outlook of COVID-19 -- section II. Assessment and responses -- section III. Science and technology -- section IV. Politics and COVID-19 -- section V. Biological security -- Editors' musings -- Appendix: Draft landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines, 29 June 2020 -- Index.

Summary: The current pandemic has caused a cataclysmic disruption in the 'daily routine' across the nations and sectors. The damage this crisis has brought to lives and economies is unimaginable. This pandemic is a wake-up call to bring about systematic and structural changes to deal with such unanticipated menaces that can bring the world to a sudden halt. This book attempts to contextualize and examine the nature of the ongoing pandemic. The experts who have contributed to the book analyze key geopolitical and technological aspects of the COVID-19 crisis. Besides, the book presents views from a few important States concerning their role in combating the ongoing crisis. The book also explores the issues of biosecurity and bioethics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The current pandemic has caused a cataclysmic disruption in the 'daily routine' across the nations and sectors. The damage this crisis has brought to lives and economies is unimaginable. This pandemic is a wake-up call to bring about systematic and structural changes to deal with such unanticipated menaces that can bring the world to a sudden halt. This book attempts to contextualize and examine the nature of the ongoing pandemic. The experts who have contributed to the book analyze key geopolitical and technological aspects of the COVID-19 crisis. Besides, the book presents views from a few important States concerning their role in combating the ongoing crisis. The book also explores the issues of biosecurity and bioethics.

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