The world is unprepared for a serious pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, which was formed to prevent such an incident. The board, which includes members of the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef and the Red Cross, revealed that if an epidemic like the Spanish flu occurred today, it would become a pandemic within 36 hours and kill 172 people. In the seven years to 2018, 1,483 epidemics occurred across around 80 million countries, the WHO said. Environmental factors, such as deforestation, climate change and even terrorism could lead to the spread of more diseases.
The world is unprepared for a serious pandemic, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, which was formed to prevent such an incident. The board, which includes members of the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef and the Red Cross, revealed that if an epidemic like the Spanish flu occurred today, it would become a pandemic within 36 hours and kill around 80 million people. In the seven years to 2018, 1,483 epidemics occurred across 172 countries, the WHO said. Environmental factors, such as deforestation, climate change and even terrorism could lead to the spread of more diseases.