Posted: 26.05.2023 12:37:00

WHO: threat of new pandemic, much more dangerous than COVID, cannot be ruled out

The Head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the threat of a new pandemic – much more dangerous than COVID – cannot be ruled out, RIA Novosti reports

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At the WHO annual assembly in Geneva, Mr. Ghebreyesus said, “The threat of another variant of COVID, which can lead to new outbreaks of the disease and deaths, remains. There is also the threat of a new pathogen with even more deadly potential.”

The WHO Head also called on the whole world to get ready to jointly confront this threat in the future.