“Like countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Greece had a very real sense of the fragility of its health system,” said George Pagoulatos in an interview with The Guardian. “That incited the government to take urgent measures earlier than other West European governments which felt a greater sense of complacency about their systems’ ability to handle the crisis,” explained Pagoulatos.

You can find the interview here.

Publication: Friday May 8th, 2020 | The Guardian
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George Pagoulatos
George Pagoulatos Ambassador to the OECD; Professor of European Politics and Economy at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)