Live Breaking News & Updates on Diaspora Regional Virtual Centre

July 8, 2021
Danial Norjidi
Having healthy ecosystems and mechanisms to protect and sustainably utilise biological assets to address current and future human health crises is in ASEAN’s best interest, according to ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Executive Director Dr Theresa Mundita S Lim.
In a statement issued in conjunction with World Zoonoses Day, observed on July 6, the executive director said, “Since March 11, 2020, the day COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the world as we know it has never been the same.”
“The virus that reportedly originated from wildlife, continues to have profound impacts on everyone in the world, including the ASEAN region. More than 4.9 million cases with more than 95,000 fatalities have been reported in the region as of July 2, according to the situation report of the ASEAN Bio-Diaspora Regional Virtual Centre.” ....

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