“Preparing for the Next Epidemic: World Health Organization’s Warnings and Calls for Cooperation”

Last Monday, the Director-General of the World Health Agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “The risk of another mutant emerging causing new waves of disease and death still exists, and the risk of another pathogen emerging, with the potential to be more deadly.” , according to a statement from the United Nations.

He added, “We cannot neglect this matter. If we do not make the required changes, who will, and if we do not make them now, when, because when the next epidemic knocks on the door, and that will happen, we must be ready to respond decisively, collectively and fairly.”

And Gebresus continued: “In order to strengthen international cooperation and the epidemic control agreement, our generations are committed not to return to the old cycle of panic and neglect that left our world vulnerable, but we are moving forward with a joint commitment to confront common threats with a common response,” according to “Sputnik.”