KEY POINTS
  • Countries still have not agreed on quarantine, testing and travel protocols.
  • This could cost the global economy trillions of dollars, according to Paul Griffiths of Dubai Airports.
  • He also said governments were not focused on the economic and social benefits of managing the virus in a practical way.

Countries have not yet come to a consensus on how to safely restart travel amid the coronavirus crisis, and this could cost the global economy trillions of dollars, according to the chief executive of Dubai Airports.

"We don't have an agreed testing procedure for a reliable, accurate and scalable test, and that needs to happen," Paul Griffiths told CNBC's Hadley Gamble on Monday.