Dear Ms. Razzaq!

You spotted an important issue. I think war can be controlled only in case one starts preparing for the unknown, unpredictable:

1) Amy Maxmen & Jeff Tollefson (2020).Two decades of pandemic war games failed to account for Donald Trump - The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the United States. News, Nature 584, 26-29 (2020) Open Access:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02277-6

2) Timothy Besley, Nicholas Stern (2020). The Economics of Lockdown, Fiscal Studies, Volume 41, Issue 3, Open Access:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5890.12246

3) Seth Schindler et al. (2020). Covid-19, China and the future of global development, Research in Globalization Volume 2, December 2020 Open Access:

Article Covid-19, China and the future of global development

4) Pohl, J.H. Emergency, security and strategic autonomy in EU economic regulation. ERA Forum 21, 143–154 (2020), Open Access:

Article Emergency, security and strategic autonomy in EU economic regulation

Please let me argue that the problem is case- and context dependent. Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely

The following can be considered;

Policies to support employees for their livelihood.

Special policies and schemes for health-related workers who are directly involved in the Covid-19 process.

Introduce subsidies to businesses and other commercial activities.

I think some of the economic policies are are ensuring those who are vulnerable to the pandemic like the elderly work at home,another policy shuld introducing e -commerce