Need for paradigm shift in several sectors due to Covid-19

Abstract

Multiple global challenges are unfolding that threaten immense health, economic and environmental consequences for the whole planet The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest--but undoubtedly not the last--example of the challenge coming from the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases bringing epidemics and presently untreatable infections to all parts of the world The world proved ill-prepared for this pandemic, despite clear warnings There are many other clear threats like global water shortage, air pollution, antibiotic resistance, mental health and demographic crises for which the world is also not yet sufficiently prepared