The researchers stated that the world must prepare for a new outbreak with pandemic potential.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over and its cost is already staggering. The disease may have contributed to around 17 million deaths. And, by 2024, the impact on the global economy could reach $ 12.5 trillion in damage. Everyone has lived through extraordinary years that few would like to repeat. If the world is to avoid a similar or worse event in the future, countries need to make sure they are better prepared for pandemics, he says. Nature.
BBC reports that the epidemic caused by the Sudanese strain of Ebola in Uganda is very serious as it has caused 75 cases since September. 18 deaths were confirmed. Ebola is a deadly virus that can cause symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and internal and external bleeding. The incubation period lasts from two days to three weeks. Ebola is transmitted from infected animals to humans, but also through contaminated body fluids: blood, saliva, sperm, vomit, vaginal secretions, urine, feces and sweat.
Another concern is that there is no approved vaccine for the Sudan strain like the Zaire strain. In recent years, another 28,000 cases have been confirmed across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus is far from perfect, but effective vaccines are rapidly being developed.
Climate change could play a role in the spread of new, much more dangerous epidemics.
Analysis of an Arctic lake suggests that viruses and bacteria lying dormant in the ice could be brought to life by melting ice sheets and thereby infecting wildlife. The Guardian.
It is estimated that 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new or emerging infectious diseases come from animals. Swine flu, monkeypox, avian flu, Ebola and COVID-19 – these are all diseases that come from animals and end up infecting the human body.
