The World Health Organization (WHO) has just issued a warning about the risk of ‘disease X’ – a new disease 20 times more dangerous than COVID-19.
On January 21, the station 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”. – The epidemic can be 20 times more deadly than Covid-19.
Mr. Ghebreyesus wants countries to reach an agreement before May, to deal with this “common enemy”. Disease
The Director-General of WHO emphasized the importance of preparing for a new pandemic. “There are unknowns that could happen and whatever happens is just a matter of when,” he predicted.
Drawing evidence from lessons about the spread and number of deaths of COVID-19, to date, 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 room left. There isn’t enough oxygen. So how can you have a system that can scale when there is a need?”, he asked, saying that responding together thanks to 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.
