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WHO-linked report warns world more at risk of pandemic now than before COVID
Key takeaways
- Infectious diseases are becoming more frequent and damaging, a major report has found.
- A major global preparedness report has warned the world is now more vulnerable to pandemics and deadly disease outbreaks than it was before COVID, despite advances in vaccines and diagnostics.
- The report comes amid multiple health emergencies, including Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks overseas and one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks on record.
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Infectious diseases are becoming more frequent and damaging, a major report has found. (AAP: Darren England)
A major global preparedness report has warned the world is now more vulnerable to pandemics and deadly disease outbreaks than it was before COVID, despite advances in vaccines and diagnostics.
The report comes amid multiple health emergencies, including Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks overseas and one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks on record.
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