There are no longer, in France, patients of Covid-19 announced, Monday, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran. This does not prevent our country from preparing for the possibility of an epidemic. And, if the preparations have intensified, they do not date from today. In October 2019, a report by independent experts on the state of preparedness for the epidemics of France was rather reassuring.
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According to this report, France indeed ranks 11th among the countries best prepared in the world to face a pandemic, with a score of 60.9 out of 100. This score, called the GHS index, was created by two non-governmental organizations, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, with the collaboration of The Economist's economic intelligence team. Several foundations also contributed to the project.
The GHS index shows that no country is fully prepared for an epidemic or pandemic and all countries have weak points to fillThe top three scores were obtained by the United States (83.5), the United Kingdom (77.9), and the Netherlands (75.6). China is at 51
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