HOW CAN WE REDUCE COSTS IN ANOTHER PANDEMIC?

WHO declare COVID-19 infection? The effect of any pandemic include but not limited to loss of lives and economical , despite the fact that many countries have taken precautionary measures to prevent the disease from entering their countries or during its occurrence. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that was affected by the imapct of COVID 19 pandemic despite its precautionary measures. Therefore, we will aim to review the precautionary procedures followed by the Kingdom, identify methods of the defect in it, and prepare a practical way to reduce economical losses in the event of another pandemic.The review had been conducted among online medical databases to include Google scholar, PubMed and Cochrane library to include the studies of Governmental policy documents including MOH of Saudi Arabia and World Health Organization besides, precautions taken by Saudi Arabia during the pandemic of SARS in 2012 and 2019, studying its effectiveness and its limitations. Data will be collected, rearranged, and presented in the results section and the proposed strategy that will be defined according to limitations found and the need for compacting new pandemic cost-effectively. The results indicated that Saudi Arabia has taken many precautionary measures, but it lacked several elements facing the spread of the virus. The lack of places for medical isolation was one of the most important element. Therefore, the kingdom was obliged to rent some hotels and luxury places for use in isolation, which increased spending and caused high burden. Based on the study findings, it was concluded the necessity of establishing and providing places designated for isolation and equipped this purpose, to be used in times of pandemic.