WHO director calls for world pandemic treaty to prepare for Disease X
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus says countries should sign on to a new pandemic treaty to better position themselves for a new pandemic
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Disease X is a hypothetical "placeholder" virus that has not yet been formed, but scientists say it could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19. It was added to the WHO’s short list of pathogens for research in 2017 that could cause a "serious international epidemic," according to a 2022 WHO press release. You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.
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