The novel coronavirus has had a catastrophic impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “worse pandemics” could happen in future. Speaking at a recent press briefing WHO emergencies Chief Michael Ryan urged the global communities to take “preparedness” seriously. This comes just two days after the UN agency marked the first-ever International day of pandemic preparedness, highlighting the lessons learnt from the ongoing health crisis.
The coronavirus crisis which began a year ago in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now spiralled to infect over 81,278, 435 people and kill 1,774,395 out of them, as per latest tally by John Hopkins University. However, terming it as a “wakeup call”, Ryan warned that it was “not necessarily” a big one. Stressing that the fatality rate of COVID-19 is “reasonably low” in comparison to other diseases, he warned that people to need to prepare for “something more severe” in the future.
