Disease X: Hunting the Next Pandemic
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Covid-19: Children and teenagers share impact of pandemic in new report
Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor and Erica Witherington BBC When lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated. Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that “something had been stolen” from him. His experience is one of many being highlighted as the Covid-19 public inquiry prepares to look at … Read more
World Health Organization agrees legally binding pandemic treaty
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics. The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation and competition for resources seen during the Covid-19 outbreak. Key elements include the rapid sharing of data about new diseases, to ensure scientists and pharmaceutical … Read more
Bill Gates predicts the next COVID19 like pandemic: “The chance of a pandemic is…” – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts a sobering scenario for global health, estimating a 10-15per cent chance of another pandemic emerging within the next four years, according to a recent Wall Street Journal interview. “The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15 percent,” Gates stated … Read more
Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn
Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which is likely to take place in the autumn, will involve thousands of people across different parts of the UK, minister Pat McFadden has announced. The … Read more
Government to lead UK emergency pandemic exercise in autumn
Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which is likely to take place in the autumn, will involve thousands of people across different parts of the UK, minister Pat McFadden has announced. The … Read more
Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market
Getty Images Racoon dogs are implicated as one of the potential animals that could have been the source of Covid A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of samples collected from Wuhan, … Read more
Covid inquiry: NHS was ‘creaking at seams’ when pandemic hit
The NHS was “creaking at the seams” when the pandemic hit – and this undermined the care given to both coronavirus patients and those needing treatment for other conditions, the Covid public inquiry has been told. On the opening day of the third stage of the inquiry, which is looking at healthcare, lawyers said the … Read more
Covid inquiry: ‘I grieve the person I was before the pandemic’
BBC Mandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic. The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact on patients, healthcare workers and the wider NHS. Covid patients have been admitted to hospital more than a million times in the UK since … Read more
How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic
Getty Images Even as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope. Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer for England, hailed the UK as an “international exemplar” in its preparedness at one of the early TV press conferences. She was not the … Read more