Tracking, tracing, social distancing, and support: the race for a coronavirus vaccine

EsadeEcPol Policy Insight

Over half of the world’s population is on lockdown. Spain is going through its first month in this situation wondering what comes next.

The best epidemiological information available warns that a period of social isolation is not enough, but it helps to build medical, epidemiological and economic capacities to tackle the coronavirus pandemic while waiting for the mass production of an effective vaccine.