Global groups propose pandemic plan at a cost of $10 billion a year

CHICAGO --- Four organizations focused on global health and the economy said it will take $15 billion in grants this year and another $10 billion annually after that to establish and maintain an adequate toolkit to respond to COVID-19 and address future pandemic threats. The estimate is laid out in "A Global Strategy to Manage the Long-term Risks of COVID-19," a working paper published on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Fund, and Wellcome Trust. In the paper, the four global groups assert that ending the pandemic everywhere remains an urgent economic, health, and moral p...Keep on reading: Global groups propose pandemic plan at a cost of $10 billion a year