Invest now to fight next pandemic, says WHO

6 May 2020, 8:56 pm

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The World Health Organization urges countries to invest in getting their healthcare systems fit to fight the next pandemic rather than scrambling in panic when it hits.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says investing now will save lives later, as the death toll from COVID-19 surges past 250,000.

“The COVID-19 pandemic will eventually recede, but there can be no going back to business as usual,” he tells a virtual briefing in Geneva.

“We cannot continue to rush to fund panic but let preparedness go by the wayside. As we work on responding to this pandemic, we must also work harder to prepare for the next one.”

— AFP