From SARS and MERS to COVID-19: Still ill-prepared to combat pandemic-prone diseases
16 Mar 2020
byJairia Dela Cruz
Although the two prior epidemics of coronavirus—Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)—had died down, their lessons remain unheeded, as is demonstrated by the explosive spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has recently earned pandemic status, according to a recent study.
