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Post by sevenofnine on Jan 30, 2023 12:05:37 GMT -5
They have the point with super viruses World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next pandemic, Red Cross warns All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three “brutal” years of the COVID-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are “severely lacking”, the IFRC said in its World Disasters Report 2022, published on Monday. It called on countries to update their preparedness plans by year’s end. The world’s largest humanitarian network said building trust, equity and local action networks were vital to get ready for the next crisis. The recommendations were released on the third anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 an international public health emergency. “The next pandemic could be just around the corner,” said Jagan Chapagain, secretary general of the IFRC, the world’s largest disaster response network. “If the experience of COVID-19 won’t quicken our steps toward preparedness, what will?” The report said countries need to be prepared for “multiple hazards, not just one”, adding that societies only became truly resilient through planning for different types of disasters because they can occur simultaneously. www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/world-dangerously-unprepared-for-next-pandemic-ifrc
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