Coronavirus: Countries ‘ignored’ early warnings for COVID-19
By DW
29 April 2020 |
11:55 am
Though early warning resources are in place, they have not yet worked in real time, a German military think tank has claimed. The US was cited as a prime example of political failures to implement existing systems.
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