WHO opens pandemic intelligence hub to look out for future crises
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from on (#5P19T)
New centre in Berlin aims to make it easier for governments to compare notes on emerging infectious diseases
A World Health Organization pandemic intelligence hub" launched by the UN agency's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Germany's Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday will try to help governments identify future pandemics at an earlier stage and improve monitoring of new variant strains of Covid-19.
The hub, which will host scientists and policymakers from around the globe on a project-by-project basis, is designed to make it easier for governments to compare notes on emerging infectious diseases and pull in additional relevant information on travel patterns, trade routes or human-animal interactions in agriculture.
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