Here Are The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For An Epidemic

Zero Hedge: The Countries Best And Worst Prepared For An Epidemic

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has stated that another case of the coronavirus has been detected in the United States, pushing the total number of confirmed cases over 60 with 22 outside of the evacuees (and Washington State has announced the first US death from Covid-19) According to tracking by Johns Hopkins University, over 85,000 people have been infected, the vast majority of them in China. The coronavirus has also slowly spread to many other countries with cases reported across the globe.

Even though Chinese authorities have said that they have observed evidence of person-to-person transmission, health officials in Orange and LA counties in the United States have said that the precautions in place should stop any spread of the coronavirus.

As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, that raises the question: which countries are the most and least prepared to contain large outbreaks of disease?

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WNU Editor: Had lunch with a good friend and his wife today. He is an ophthalmologist. She is an anesthesiologist. I asked them if the hospitals that they work at in Montreal have prepared themselves for the coronavirus. Their answer was no.