“We always have hope for the best and prepare for the worst,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua on Friday (Jan 22), responding to a question about whether the Asia forum would go ahead. In light of countries such as the US accelerating the pace of their immunization campaigns, he said he was “hopeful.”
Still, he warned Covid-19 may haunt countries for some time to come, especially if there are further mutations of the virus.
With the global economy in the throes of its worst crisis in decades, Schwab also urged countries to tackle future challenges by making society “more resilient, more inclusive and also more sustainable.”
“Climate change, if we do not tackle it, could be the next, – let’s say, virus, with much more damaging and long-term consequences compared to Covid-19,” he said.
