Bahrain has highlighted the need for countries to raise the level of preparedness for pandemics, and to invest in a healthier and safer future.The kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva Dr Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri stressed the importance of adopting policies and measures to confront the challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic in line with international standards, and as called for by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as recommendations of the World Health Organisation .