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The Next Pandemic: Disease X

September 30 , 2023 294 days 281 0
  • Disease X, the name given by World Health Organisation (WHO), can cause another pandemic deadlier than Covid-19.
  • The new virus could have a similar impact to the devastating Spanish Flu of 1919-1920.
  • According to WHO, Disease X could be a new agent - a virus, a bacterium or fungus - without any known treatments.
  • It could be related to zoonotic disease likely an RNA virus.
  • Covid-19 caused 20 million or more deaths across the world.

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