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“Disease X” has been evaluated for five years and could be the cause of a future epidemic. It will be discussed on Wednesday in a committee headed by the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Yuichiro Chino
54th edition of World Economic Forum It has already begun in Davos, Switzerland. “Disease a Global Health Organization It has already warned that it could cause 20 times more deaths than Covid-19.
For five years, scientists and the World Health Organization did just that “Under the eye” to “the tenth disease”, a pathogen that is still unknown. In 2018, it was listed in World Health Organization list About diseases that should be a priority.
Last year, a group of dozens of experts was created Identify pathogens Which can cause epidemic outbreaks. In fact, there are several groups of scientists around the world working to prevent a new pandemic, ultimately caused by the unknown “Disease X”.
The World Health Organization has already warned that “the disease 20 times more deadly than the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Therefore, it is one of the topics that will be discussed at this session of the Davos Forum.
“What efforts are needed to prepare health systems?” is the starting question for Wednesday's session, led by the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, which will include, for example, the intervention of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AstraZeneca and the Brazilian Minister of Health.
Focusing attention on climate and geopolitics, 54th edition of the World Economic Forum The conference began on Monday in Davos and was attended by 52 heads of state and government. The event already witnessed the unprecedented participation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
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