Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing to prepare for the next one. The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization’s chief said. The WHO director-general said it was time to learn the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. “History tells us that this will not be the last pandemic, and epidemics are a fact of life,” said Mr. Tedros. The impacts of the pandemic go far beyond the disease itself, with far-reaching consequences for societies and economies,” said Mr. Tedros.

Source: The Hindu December 26, 2020 21:22 UTC