worldwide — hasn't gone away, but could soon be only one of several emerging threats.
"The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat," he told member states. "We cannot kick this can down the road," he added. "When the next pandemic comes knocking — and it will — we must be ready to answer decisively, collectively and equitably."could increase the risk of transmitting pathogens from animals to humans, which likely sparked the COVID pandemic.
The list of potential pathogens keeps growing. Since 2009 alone, US scientists have identified more than 900 new viruses,Other experts have also warned that it's not just viruses we should be worried about, pointing at theTedros' comments echo the sentiments of other experts who have also warned that COVID likely won't be the last pandemic in the medium-term future.last year. "It will be a different pathogen next time.