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how the coronavirus will affect the gap between rich and poor countries ?

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The coronavirus pandemic is one of the greatest challenges the world has faced in recent decades. Economically, it can have the same impact as World War II, despite the difference in the number of deaths. It is a challenge for peoples and states, but with different levels of impact, depending on the strength of each country's financial and political institutions. All countries are suffering enormous losses, and the collapse of the economy represents about 8% of the world's gross domestic production (GDP). However, some nations will come out of it with fewer losses and will manage to recover in a few years, while others will, unfortunately, have great difficulty in doing so and will suffer for a long time. The other side of the Coronavirus is that it will further widen the economic gap and freedom of movement between rich and poor nations, and between democratic and authoritarian ones. Before this pandemic, the world was already characterized by a painful gap between r