Paramedic staff leave a hotel where people who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, are quarantined near Algiers, Algeria, on Feb. 4, 2020. Algeria is one of the countries least prepared for a major infectious disease outbreak and already has 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Ramzi Boudina/Reuters
Business Insider: Here are the 24 countries that are least ready for a pandemic
* The coronavirus can be a serious issue for countries with low access to healthcare and inadequate prevention measures.
* Research from the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, and The Economist Intelligence Unit assessed how prepared 195 countries are for a major epidemic based on six health categories.
* The report found that overall, no country is prepared for a pandemic, but some countries are more ready than others.
* Among the lowest-scoring countries were Algeria, where there are already 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Some countries may be less equipped than others to handle a massive disease outbreak like the novel coronavirus sweeping around the world.
The coronavirus has spread to over 100 countries with over 111,000 cases and nearly 3,900 deaths. Although some countries have implemented screenings at airports, expanded their testing facilities, and implemented other health measures and precautions, no country is fully prepared for a pandemic, according to recent research.
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WNU Editor: Syria is boasting that they have no Covid-19 cases .... Syria is currently coronavirus free: Health Minister (AMN). To say that I am skeptical of these Syrian claims is an understatement. Venezuela has also reported no cases of Covid-19. But this is coming from a country that has a health system that has collapsed .... Buckets for toilets, recycled gloves: Venezuelan hospitals await coronavirus unprepared (Reuters). The countries/regions that are on my radar screen right now are .... Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and the African continent.
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