The World Health Organization has wa ed that the world community will have to face an epidemic that may be twenty times more deadly than the Covid virus in the near future.
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has introduced the epidemic as 'Disease X'.
He also emphasizes that all countries should sign an epidemic agreement together to deal with it.
The Director General of the World Health Organization gave this wa ing while attending the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.
He also expressed confidence that all countries will sign the agreement to defeat this common enemy by next May.
It is reported that the epidemic has been introduced as 'Disease X' due to the fact that it has not been identified so far, and that the epidemic is likely to be a deadly epidemic similar to or more deadly than the Covid epidemic.
It is also reported that the World Health Organization has speculated that it could be a virus, a species of bacteria or a species of fungus.
The epidemic that will be faced in the future has also been included in the list of epidemics that have caused thousands of deaths such as Covid-19, Ebola, Lassa fever, Nipah, and Zika.
From FOX NEWS / AL-JAZEERA / Hindustan Times / WION
(colombotimes.lk)