Jose Barroso, the chairman of the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), described Saudi Arabia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “wonderful”, pointing that the Kingdom’s investment in health care systems has prepared it to deal better with the pandemic.
In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Barroso, who is also the former prime minister of Portugal, warned that the pandemic was not over, pointing to the continuous emergence of new variants. In this regard, he underlined the need to maintain work to develop a proactive response plan.
