Panel convened to analyse deadly outbreaks says capacity to respond to communicable diseases remains ‘woefully insufficient’A global epidemic far worse than the Ebola outbreak is a genuine possibility and could execute many millions whether the world does not become better prepared to deal with the sudden emergence and transmission of disease,the UN has said in a tough-hitting report.
The report has emerged in draft form, as experts rally to deal with the rapid spread of the Zika virus across Latin America, and which has been linked to thousands of cases of brain damage in babies.
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Source: theguardian.com