During the World Government Summit in Dubai, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world may not be ready for a new pandemic because humanity is already turning to solving other challenges. His words are quoted RIA News.
“The bitter lessons we learned [из пандемии ковида]”Ghebreyesus is at risk of being forgotten as attention shifts to the many other crises facing our world,” he said.
According to him, sooner or later a new epidemic will emerge; This can be caused either by a pathogen that people already know about or by a new pathogen. The WHO chief believes that if this happens tomorrow, people will have to endure the same thing as four years ago.
“As things stand now, the world is not ready for the next disease X and the next pandemic,” says Ghebreyesus.
In this context, the WHO chief asked states to try to find common ground and continue to develop an agreement on epidemic preparedness.
“Disease X” is a description of a hypothetical and unknown pathogen that could cause a new epidemic. Ghebreyesus dedicated his report at the World Economic Forum in Davos to this threat.
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Source: Gazeta
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