Here We Go Again: WHO Chief Warns of Potential Deadlier Disease than COVID, Urges Global Preparedness
On Monday, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning that the planet must be prepared for a disease deadlier than Covid-19.
Daily Mail reported:
He was speaking as the WHO unveiled a new global scheme to spot and track the most dangerous pathogens at an annual meeting of its 194 member states.
No specific diseases were named. But ‘Disease X’, a place-holder given to a devastating pathogen not yet discovered, is on the UN agency’s list of pressing threats.
At the WHA’s 76th meeting, the WHO launched the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN). It will give all nations access to genomic sequencing to identify and respond to emerging disease threats using genomics.
Genomics, the study of the genetic material found in a virus, helps scientists spot mutations that can make a pathogen more infectious or deadly.
Scientists can then develop treatments and vaccines that work against them, while nations can mount a timely response.
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