THE LURKING DANGER

Even though the world seems to have moved on from the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to warn of an upcoming disease outbreak, most likely to be caused by an unknown pathogen, simply labelled 'Disease X'.

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RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN Founder & Director, One Health Trust

One of the reasons for this forecast is how viruses have been evolving. In the past two decades alone, coronaviruses, which once caused only common cold, have led to three major outbreaksSARS, MERS and COVID-19. There are also a number of drug-resistant pathogens, especially bacteria, which are cropping up across the world.