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The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest science policy failure in a generation. In this difficult book, Iqra Hashmi, the author, examines the actions that the government and people in India took as the virus spread from its origins in Wuhan to the global pandemic it is today. Based on his own scientific and medical experience, the author outlines the measures to be taken at the national and international level to prevent such catastrophes from happening again. After giving readers a crash course in covid-19 outbreak - How Viruses Spread and how much disastrous symptoms it can lead-she takes us through the advent and spread of COVID-19, explaining what governments and people should do to prevent or at least prevent it. What steps can you take to prepare for this? Looking ahead, Iqra Hashmi, makes a bold, optimistic argument: This pandemic may eventually prompt the world to take the virus seriously. It is too early to say where the COVID-19 pandemic will go, but it is time to talk about what went wrong and how we can do better.