A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks, which could ensure that no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as Covid-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel has said.
A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World Health Organization review panel said on Wednesday.
How can we stop the next pandemic? Experts call for major changes in surveillance, alert systems
A new transparent global system should be set up for probing disease outbreaks, empowering the World Health Organization to deploy investigators at short notice and reveal findings, a COVID-19 pandemic review panel said on Wednesday.
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Posted: May 12, 2021 9:32 AM ET | Last Updated: May 12
A nurse prepares equipment in an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in China s central Hubei province, on Feb. 22, 2020. A report from a panel of independent experts called for urgent reform of pandemic prevention and response systems in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP/Getty Images)
Next pandemic: A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19,