The threat of another deadly pathogen emerging with even more catastrophic potential than the Chinese coronavirus cannot be ruled out in the future, the head of the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) warned Tuesday.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly forum in Geneva, Switzerland, the possibility of another public health crisis must be addressed and not kicked “down the road.”
He also claimed that despite the darkest days of the pandemic having passed a doomsday variant with the power to rock the world back to square one could still spawn. Tedros 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.
