NATO preparing for second wave of coronavirus infections: report

Source: Politico | May 2, 2020 | Hans von der Burchard

Initiatives follow reported frustrations inside the alliance that it was not sufficiently prepared for the pandemic.

The NATO military alliance fears a second wave of coronavirus infections and has decided to draw up a military operation plan to be better prepared for a new outbreak, German magazine Spiegel reported Saturday.

According to the report, NATO ambassadors decided last week during a secret meeting with the organization’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, to develop the operational plan, with the aim to get it adopted at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in June. Spiegel does not specify the source of the information.

Stoltenberg said during the secret meeting that a more coordinated response to a second coronavirus wave would be a litmus test for credibility and cohesion within the alliance, Spiegel says. The secretary-general also reportedly suggested the common procurement of personal protective equipment and medicines via NATO’s own support and procurement agency.

Ambassadors also agreed to develop a more long-term “Pandemic Response Contingency Plan.”

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