The World Health Organization warns: the risk of a new pandemic is increasing, and this pandemic will be caused by insects. According to information from the Nieuwsblad, the WHO has also launched a new initiative to combat viruses transmitted by insects.
“The next pandemic is insects. The risk is becoming greater and greater,” warns the WHO.
The whole world learned a real lesson during the coronavirus pandemic, proving that “we are not sufficiently prepared in the event of a pandemic”, according to Dr Sylvie Briand, director of the WHO’s global infectious risk preparedness team .
This next pandemic, it might, according to the WHO, be caused by mosquitoes and ticks, which represent an “increasing” risk. These insects can carry viruses such as Zika, yellow fever, Chikungunya or dengue fever. They are at the top of the list for the next potential pandemics.
In a preventive role, the WHO has decided to bring together all the initiatives working to fight once morest these arboviruses.
