While the rate of COVID-19 infections, the number of deaths from the virus, and the adjustments to lockdown levels are of the greatest immediate importance, the country also needs to be looking ahead to the time when we begin to emerge from the crisis. The government needs to borrow a lot of money to make up for tax losses and to pay for anti-COVID measures; mass unemployment must be tackled; and trade and food security issues must be addressed.

By CPLO