You are required to write an essay of 2000 words.
Essay question:
The world has been grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic for over 3 years now. The pandemic has posed an unprecedented public health challenge with healthcare systems unable to cope with record levels of COVID-19 hospitalisations. The WHO director general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, said “COVID-19 has now killed more than 5 million people….. The excess deaths caused by the virus, and by disruption to essential health services, are far higher. An unknown number of people live with the post-COVID condition, or long-COVID, a condition we are only beginning to understand” (WHO, 2021). Moreover, the pandemic had a devastating impact on the global economy triggering the largest global economic crisis in over hundred years and loss of livelihood for many households.
Write an essay discussing the economic, health and other developmental impacts of COVID-19 on poor developing countries.
References
WHO (2021), Opening remarks by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Assembly Second Special Session. Accessed from on the 11th of January from https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHASSA2/SSA2_5-en.pdfLinks to an external site.