WHO warns there is a risk that a more deadly flu virus will one day jump from animal­s to people­LONDON: The world will inevitably face another pandemic of flu and needs to prepare for the potential devastation that could cause, and not underestimate the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Outlining a global plan to fight the viral disease and get ahead of a potential global outbreak, the WHO said the next influenza pandemic “is a matter of when, not if”. “The threat of pandemic influenza is ever-present,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director-general, said in a statement. Two die of swine flu virus in AlipurFlu viruses are multiple and ever-changing, and they infect around a billion people every year around the world in seasonal outbreaks. The WHO plan – which it described as its most comprehensive to date – includes measures to try to protect populations as much as possible from annual outbreaks of seasonal flu, as well as prepare for a pandemic.

Source: The Express Tribune March 11, 2019 13:14 UTC