Pandemic Preparedness Advances Boosted

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Global leaders look likely to agree an accord on pandemic preparedness in May at the World Health Assembly in Geneva minus the US , which has withdrawn from the process.

amazing’ advances in technology, including genetic sequencing, mRNA vaccines and artificial intelligence ( AI ) are boosting the world’s ability to deal with threats.

Pathogens already adapted for jumping from other animals into humans “are sitting there waiting’, she says.

The risk of a jump into humans is very high. And then we could transport it very rapidly, all around the world.” “The next pandemic may well come from there. [That’s] not to say it won’t come from the UK , but it's far less likely.

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