Patterns of International Responses to Corona Covid19 Pandemic: between Solidarity and the policies of self-reliance

Abstract

This study attempts to explore patterns of international responses to the "Covid 19" virus, since its outbreak in China in late December 2019, until the World Health Organization announced a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Within countries, quarantine and the closure of areas to freedom of movement have been imposed, and employment The financial, human, and even military capabilities of the country to prevent the spread of the epidemic. At the international level, the option of self-isolation was adopted by most countries, and the level of the relationship was reduced to a minimum between them in all areas. Response patterns varied between, first: the tendency of most countries to adopt unilateral policies to deal with the epidemic, imposed by the nature and spread of the virus, and not to obtain treatment or vaccination against it. Second: Responses of a collective nature, led by international institutions such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization, and some international initiatives such as the (G7) Summit and (G20) Summit, which were below the level to meet the enormous threats and challenges created by the pandemic.