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“We need to prepare for something that could be much more than the current pandemic in the future.“This is said by Michael Ryan, head of the emergency department ofWorld Health Organization (WHO) at the end of a instructions which marks exactly one year since the United Nations agency learned of the news about the spread of “new coronavirus“in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
One year from the start of pandemic. Twelve months of “passion”, of dramatic bulletins and news that rush frantically from one part of the globe to the other. There are 81,103,454 total Covid cases recorded since last December, 1,770,304 deaths with the US that is at the top of the inglorious ranking (334,025 deaths). However, this could be nothing more than the tip of the iceberg. “This is a wake up call“prophesies Michael Ryan warning the world’s population of the arrival (hopefully not imminent) of another epidemic”.Worse pandemics could occur“, clarifies the person in charge of the emergency of the WHO, urging everyone to prepare” seriously “for the future.
the COVID-19 had, without a doubt, a devastating impact on a planetary level. But even though the contagion counter keeps turning rapidly and the death toll is constantly updated, the death rate appears to be “reasonably low“compared to other emerging diseases”.This pandemic has been very serious – Ryan admitted – It has spread around the world extremely fast and has affected every corner of this planet, but it is not necessarily the largest. While the virus is easily transmitted and kills people, its current death rate is reasonably low compared to other emerging diseases.“.
Therefore, the coronavirus would not have done more than “baptize” a new one cycle pandemic for humanity? We’ll see. While waiting to find out, Michael Ryan warns: “We need to prepare for something that could be even more serious in the future.“Meanwhile, from the Berlin summit, the WHO stressed”the importance of increasing genomic sequencing capacity worldwide“and share information with the United Nations health agency and other countries:”Only if countries research and test effectively will you be able to collect variants and adapt strategies to be successful.“.