After COVID-19, humanity faces the next pandemic. It is necessary to prepare for it now, said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
“COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic that humankind will face. As we tackle this health crisis, we need to prepare for the next one, ”Guterres tweeted on International Preparedness Day, which is celebrated around the world on December 27.
Note, according to one of the common versions, the coronavirus was detected in December 2019. The epicenter of the first outbreak is believed to be a food market in Wuhan, China. Later, a new version of the origin of the coronavirus appeared. According to the executive director of the American organization Bioscience Resource Project Jonathan Latham, the virus could have appeared in 2012 and evolved in the body of a Chinese miner.
According to various sources, in the world there are already more than 280 million infected, more than 5.4 million have died. A number of vaccines have been developed and adopted, while another 168 candidate drugs are undergoing clinical trials.
Source: Rosbalt
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