task force --- 1. Infectious disease experts (Medical doctors and virologists from government and private institutes), epidemiologists, data scientists, as well as other healthcare professional representation (eg: nurses, safety officers etc. ) 2. Law/policy makers, diplomats, political advisors- Based on scientific staff advise, they will implement travel restrictions (foreign and local) and other preventative measures<br /> 3. Economists, large scale private investors/donors, Philanthropists – Will work on the financial aspects (advise on allocating the budgets etc. ) 4. Communication specialists, politically unbiased media personnel and journalists, social media representatives- It is important to have a team of “well informed” media personnel as that is the main source of information for the public and prevent misinformation. <br /> 5. Regional/local government representatives, Religious representation- Refusing the vaccine due to religious faiths has become a big issue in tackling the COVID pandemic. Having religious leaders reaching out to their communities would really be helpful. (This was successfully done in Sri lanka)<br /> 6. Tech experts – To create strategies/methods for contact tracing, record covid testing, vaccinations

Obviously, it is a large team of people with a lot of diversity in opinions, knowledge and background. The team should be carefully selected so that everyone would be open to listen to evidence based scientific facts and act up on it for a common collective goal to mitigate/eradicate the disease. (But I understand its not an easy task)

Source author: Lakmini Premadasa lakminisurangika@gmail.com