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World dangerously unprepared for next pandemic: monitor
"The COVID-19 pandemic is providing a harsh test of the world's preparedness," says the monitor. — AFP/Files
GENEVA: As the world grapples with the devastating coronavirus pandemic, it is doing far too little to prepare for future, possibly even more damaging pandemics, a global health monitor warned Monday.
In a fresh report, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent body created by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, decried that the coronavirus pandemic had revealed how little the world had focused on preparing for such disasters, despite ample warnings that large disease outbreaks were inevitable.