WHO said to brace for the next pandemic even deadlier than COVID
The man at the head of the World Health Organization warned that the world must prepare for the next pandemic, which he said could be “even deadlier” than the COVID-19 pandemic.
The WHO has declared that the pandemic is no longer a health emergency but Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a meeting of the WHO Health Assembly in Switzerland this week that the pandemic is far from over
“The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains…And the threat of another pathogen emerging with even deadlier potential remains.”
“When the next pandemic comes knocking — and it will — we must be ready to answer decisively, collectively and equitable…We cannot kick this can down the road,” Tedros said as he addressed member states
Health experts have already named the new pandemic Disease X.
Disease X is the WHO code for a disease caused by a germ that hasn’t even been discovered yet.
Public health experts agree that the next pandemic is likely to be zoonotic, i.e., a disease that originates in animals before “spilling over” to infect humans
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