WHO urges to prepare for a new pandemic – latest news / HB



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September 7, 18:12

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In total, more than 27 million people have confirmed the coronavirus worldwide (Photo: REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko)

The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus, said that the current coronavirus pandemic is not the last, so the world must prepare in advance for a new one.

This was stated in the WHO message.

«This is not the last pandemic. History teaches us that disease outbreaks and pandemics are indeed part of life. When the next pandemic hits, the world must be more prepared than it was this time, “he said.

According to him, in recent years «many countries have made enormous advances in medicine, “but many «they neglected their essential public health systems, which are the basis for responding to infectious disease outbreaks. “

As of Monday, September 7, more than 27 million people around the world have confirmed the coronavirus. Almost 900 thousand died.

In terms of the number of infected in the world, the United States is in the lead. In this country, the coronavirus has been diagnosed in more than 6 million people.

India is in second place with 4 million infected, in third place is Brazil, more than 4 million cases.

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