COVID-19 has in many ways tested our capacity to respond to health challenges including any other pandemic that may erupt. Research in molecular biology, healthcare, the development of health equipment, and the development of specialised skills in pulmonary medicine is urgently needed. In fact, the country has to develop the capacity to continue training medical specialists in different areas that may be deemed critical and urgent at the emergence of any other future pandemics and life-threatening diseases (medical emergencies).