The Lancet COVID-19 Commission

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 396; no. 10249; pp. 454 - 455
• Main Authors: Sachs, Jeffrey D, Horton, Richard, Bagenal, Jessamy, Ben Amor, Yanis, Karadag Caman, Ozge, Lafortune, Guillaume
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Advisory Committees - organization & administration; Betacoronavirus; Comment; Contact tracing; Coronavirus Infections - economics; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Disease transmission; Economics; Epidemics; Financing; Food chains; Food security; GDP; Global Health; Gross Domestic Product; Humans; International Cooperation; Mental health; Pandemics; Pandemics - economics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral - economics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Public health; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Supply chains; Sustainable development; System effectiveness; Task forces; Tourism; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Zoonoses

The pandemic marks the third deadly outbreak due to a coronavirus after severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003 and Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2012.1,2 In the absence of effective testing and contact tracing systems in many countries, COVID-19 has claimed more than 500 000 lives and disru...