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WHO fears the disease is 20 times more deadly than Covid-19

Posted on 22 Month 01 2024

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said that a treaty on pandemics would help the world better respond to future epidemics.

Fox News on January 21 quoted Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus calling on countries to sign a treaty on pandemics, helping the world to better prepare in dealing with "disease X". can be 20 times more deadly than Covid-19.

He hopes countries reach an agreement before May to deal with this "common enemy". Disease X will likely appear due to a hypothetical virus and scientists predict it could be 20 times more dangerous than Covid-19.

This unprecedented "epidemic" was added by WHO to the list of pathogens for research in 2017 and could cause "severe international epidemics".

Mr. Ghebreyesus said that it is important to prepare for another pandemic after Covid-19. "There are unknowns that could happen and whatever happens is just a matter of when," he predicted.

According to him, many people in the world have died from Covid-19 because they were unable to control the epidemic. According to Worldometer, the world has recorded more than 702 million people infected with Covid-19 and 6.97 million people died from this disease.

"They could have been saved, but there was no more space. There wasn't enough oxygen. So how can you have a system that can expand when the need arises?" Responding together through a common agreement will help the world respond better.

Such an agreement could bring together all the experiences, challenges faced and solutions, for the global common good, he analysed.

According to WHO, independent panels and experts are working to find a collective response and the deadline for signing the treaty is May. Preparations could include early warning systems, supply chain organization and Promote research and development for drug testing.

In addition, primary health care also needs to be considered because rich countries have not responded well to the Covid-19 pandemic, struggling to deal with basic issues such as contact tracing.

"It's better to anticipate something that might happen because it has happened many times in history, and to be prepared for it. We should not face things that we are not prepared for, we We can also prepare for some unknowns," according to Mr. Ghebreyesus.

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