The Lancet COVID-19 Final Report Media Roundup

On 15 September 2022 The Lancet COVID-19 Commission released their final report, The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report details "massive global failures" of the COVID19 response and issues recommendations to help end the pandemic emergency, protect against future health shocks, and achieve sustainable development for all.

You can view our public launch here and read the final report here.

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Australia

• ABC News- COVID Response

• Hospital Health- Tackling future global health threats

• Independent Australia- Eleven ways to prevent another COVID catastrophe

Canada

• The Globe and Mail- Canadians need a clear public health strategy to move on from COVID-19, disaster management experts say

• Canadian Medical Journal- Endemic, not over: looking ahead to a new COVID era

China

• China Daily-Tragic ignoring of science during pandemic: China Daily editorial

France

• Les Echos- Covid : la réponse à la pandémie est « un échec collectif mondial », tance « The Lancet »

Global

• Al Jazeera- Lancet panel: ‘Massive global failures’ in fighting COVID crisis

• New Medical- Lancet report highlights global failures of COVID-19 response, calls for strengthened multilateralism to eradicate pandemic

• SciDev- ‘Massive COVID-19 failure’ sets back global development

• WHO- WHO responds to The Lancet COVID-19 Commission

India

• Asia Times- India called to task over Covid politicization

• Business Standard- Lancet report highlights 'massive global failures' in Covid-19 response

• Business Today- Massive global failures in Covid-19 response caused millions of preventable deaths, says Lancet Commission

• Deccan Herald- 'Massive failures' in Covid-19 response cost millions of lives: Lancet report

• Down To Earth- We were on a global panel looking at the staggering costs of COVID. Here are 11 ways to stop history repeating itself

• Medical Dialogues- Learning from COVID -19 Pandemic and Analysing Lancet Commission Report

• Indian Express- WHO welcomes Lancet report on Covid lessons

New Zealand

• The Informant- Lancet report highlights ‘colossal global failures’ in response to Covid-19

Spain

• ABC- La repuesta mundial al COVID-19 fue un fracaso global masivo 

• IS Global- La Comisión Lancet COVID-19 destaca “enormes fallos globales" en la respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19

• ISanidad- “Fallos globales” en la respuesta al Covid-19 provocaron millones de muertes evitables, según un informe de The Lancet

Turkey

• Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Medical School

United Kingdom

• British Medical Journal- Covid-19: Commission describes “massive global failures” of pandemic response

• OXFAM- Response to Lancet Commission on lessons from COVID-19 for future pandemics

• Economic Times- What Covid-19 has taught us not to do

• The Times- Australia’s tough Covid quarantine rules finally end

• The Lancet- A reinvigorated multilateralism in health: lessons and innovations from the COVID-19 pandemic

United States

• Turn to 23- Biden administration unleashes ad blitz to get older Americans boosted against covid-19

• Biospace- WHO denounces GSK-VIR, Regeneron COVID drugs following Lancet Criticism

• CNN- Covid-19 death toll is a tragedy and ‘massive global failure at multiple levels,’ Lancet commission says

• CNN- Is the Covid-19 pandemic really ‘over’?

• Earth- Massive global failures to control the Covid pandemic

• Governing- Assessing the Global COVID Response: Hard Lessons for the U.S.

• Harvard School of Public Health- Learning COVID-19’s lessons to prepare for the future

• National Public Radio- 4 ways the world messed up its pandemic response — and 3 fixes to do better next time

• USA Today- Global leaders failed during the COVID pandemic. Experts explain what went wrong.

• Washington Post- After covid-19, WHO's Tedros plans for the next pandemic

• Washington Post- Opinion: After ‘a massive global failure’ on covid, what happens the next time?