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The pandemic caused by the coronavirus “will not be the last pandemic, and epidemics are a fact of life,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video message Sunday.
The world must learn from COVID-19 and address “the intimate links between the health of humans, animals and the planet,” Tedros said in his remarks for the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
“For too long the world has operated on a cycle of panic and neglect,” he said. “We throw money at one epidemic and when it s over, we forget about it and do nothing to prevent the next one.”
COVID-19 wont be the last pandemic unless we tackle climate change, WHO has said.
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New Delhi: India s daily number of COVID-19 cases today stood at 18,732, the lowest since July 1, when 18,653 cases were recorded. Up to 279 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count since the outbreak in January to 1,47,622. The country s overall positive cases stood at 1,01,87,850, with 2,78,690 active cases. Delhi recorded 655 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours - the lowest in over four months - bringing a much-needed relief for the capital that had seen a sharp spike in cases in November.
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Wearing a full protective suit, a woman doctor who leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines. courtesy UN Women/Louie Pacardo
NEW YORK The United Nations is commemorating the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and urging greater investments in preparedness, to confront future health emergencies.
“This first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness falls at the end of a year in which a scenario many had feared came tragically true . As we strive to control and recover from the current pandemic, we must think about the next,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message.