Will the world be hit by a COVID-19-like pandemic in the next 10 years?

According to Airfinity, the world is at risk of a new pandemic due to climate change, increased international travel and the threat of zoonotic diseases˳

However, according to Airfinity’s analytical modeling, if an effective vaccine is released within 100 days of the discovery of a new pathogen, the likelihood of a deadly pandemic will drop from 27˳5 percent to eight˳ ,first%˳

In a worst-case scenario, a human-to-human mutated bird flu virus could kill up to 15,000 people in the UK in just one day, Airfinity warns˳

With the world currently living with COVID-19, health experts have turned their attention to the threat of a new global pandemic˳

The past two decades have seen the emergence of the three main coronaviruses that cause SARS, MERS, and COVID-19, as well as the 2009 swine flu pandemic˳

The rapid spread of the H5N1 strain of bird flu is also causing concern˳ Soaring infection rates in birds and increased entry into mammals have scientists and governments fear the H5N1 virus may be mutating to make them more contagious˳

Airfinity says many high-risk pathogens such as MERS and ZIKA have not yet approved vaccines or treatments˳ In addition, current surveillance policies are unlikely to detect a new pandemic in time, which indicates an urgent need for pandemic preparedness measures˳

Fear of a new pandemic as COVID-19 enters its 3rd year

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, experts fear the risk of another pandemic still looms˳