Globalization or De-linking? Gauging the Efficacy of Global Administration to Global Pandemics in the Face of the Novel Corona Virus between December 2019 and the First Quarter of 2020

Abstract

In the last month of 2019, the world was confronted by an outbreak of a novel Corona virus originating from Wuhan, China -COVID-19. The virus resulted in the deaths of more than three thousand people worldwide by the end of January 2020. By the end of March, the virus had spread to all the continents, threatening to shut down the world economy as we know it today. There was no vaccine or medication to regulate its contagion except that people were mandated to act in a precautionary way to curb its spread. There is no doubt that the corona virus pandemic presented the single most, modern challenge to the global village and globalisation. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and subsequently, a pandemic. However, despite the decrees, there was no concerted world effort to decisively deal with the plague. Over a period of two months the virus had done extreme damage through the interaction of peoples around the world. Two strategies had become buzzwords for curbing the virus -Social distancing and Lockdown. This paper interrogates the effectiveness of Global administration to this contagion. The paper questions the ability of the global system of administration to deal with global catastrophes of this nature. Concepts of globalisation versus delinking are revisited to assess their applicability today. The paper crossexamines the role of the virus in the incessant trade and biological wars between the West and the East. Qualitative research methods, descriptive and exploratory techniques were used.

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“…No vaccine to date has been found to cure the virus. According to Mutenheri (2020), "…By April 2020, China had the highest figures of recorded infections (81 054), followed by Italy with 53 578, and the USA with 26 892. As of March 22, 2020, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been confirmed in around 188 countries.…”