Table 5.

Lessons learned from the outbreak of COVID-19

Current response issues	Event	Consequence	Learning points
Transparency deficiency	Intimidation of doctors who initially identified COVID-19	Information of COVID-19 cases was reported very late	To introduce fast, quick whistleblowing policies in case of global emergencies
Suspension of traveling	Minimum health screenings were carried out at airports and operation of flights was carried over a month after breakout	People were moving from high-risk areas to other areas without required health screening	Earlier screenings should be introduced at traveling points
Quarantine delay	first COVID-19 case reported on Dec 31st, 2019, but Wuhan started quarantine nearly one month later (23rd January)	Infected patients were allowed potentially to spread virus nationally and internationally	After identification of health threats, the high-risk areas should be Quarantine as soon as a possible
Public mislead	Rumors, speculations and wrong information spread among the public due to transparency lack	Improper precautions, racism and exceptional fear surrounding COVID-19	Open access should be provided to all information through media and printing materials.
delay in announcement of Emergency	WHO declared Global health emergency on December 30th (a month later after the outbreak)	Outbreak sternness was not broadcasted and acknowledged widely which delayed the measures	Announce threat status as early as possible after the outbreak
Research and development	Lack of resources and funding made a delay in the development of a vaccine for the virus (COVID-19)	The death toll is rising continuously, and 430119 patients worldwide have died due to COVID-19 up till 13th June 2020,	Investments required for developing Effective required treatment. And the establishment of robust methods to beat outbreaks. Budget/funding should be allocated for research. Because only research can help to overcome such outbreaks