The coronavirus pandemic will not be the last

The coronavirus pandemic will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed to fail” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, “said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned in a video message on the occasion of the International Day of Preparedness for Epidemics, “myopia” that persists in spending money without taking into account the outbreak of an epidemic and doing nothing to prepare ourselves. for the next

The WHO Director-General said it was time to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For too long, the world has been in a cycle of panic and abandonment. We throw money into one home, and when it runs out, we forget it and do nothing to stop the next. This is dangerously short-sighted and difficult to understand. “

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board’s first annual report in September 2019 on global readiness for health emergencies, released a few months before the novel coronavirus outbreak, highlighted that the planet was not prepared for potentially devastating pandemics.

“The pandemic has highlighted the links between human, animal and planetary health“he added.

“Any effort to improve human health is doomed if it does not address the critical human-animal interface and the existential threat of climate change that makes our earth less habitable.”, he said.

The new coronavirus has killed at least 1.75 million people and nearly 80 million cases have been reported since the outbreak broke out in China in December last year, according to an AFP report.

“In the last 12 months, our world has been turned upside down. The impact of the pandemic goes far beyond the disease itself, with far-reaching consequences for societies and economies.“said Tedros.

The former Ethiopian health minister said the coronavirus crisis should not have come as a surprise, given the repeated warnings.

“We must all learn the lessons of the pandemic,Added.