Genava, May 24: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged everyone to prepare themselves for the next pandemic, warning that the next could be “even deadlier” than the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Addressing the 76th World Health Assembly, Tedros stated that the end of COVID-19 as a global emergency should not underplay its potential as a worldwide threat, with new variants always a possibility. He stressed on the possibility of new pathogens emerging, ones that could be far more dangerous.
“The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat,” Ghebreyesus said.
“The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains, and the threat of another pathogen emerging with even deadlier potential remains,” he added.
In addition to highlighting the threat of pandemics, the WHO head also focused on other emergencies that the world faces, stressing on the need for global mechanisms to solve the issues.
The health body chief then advised everybody to prepare for the next pandemic.