In an interview with the Observer, Doctor of Medical Sciences and Professor Olga Golubovskaya expressed her thoughts on the possibility of a new world pandemic caused by monkeypox or bird flu.
The professor reminded that the so -called "XI disease" was actively discussed at the World Economic Economic Forum in Davos. When asked if it can become a monkey smallpox, Golubovskaya said: "Everything can be. The World Health Organization has declared an emergency related to this disease."
In addition, she supported the forecast of the Monitoring and Forecasting Committee for France's health, which indicates that the most dangerous diseases that threaten humanity over the next five years are those transmitted from animal to human and human to animal.
"Of course. Zoonoses are diseases that are transmitted from humans to humans. For example, one of the diseases, which is also discussed as a possible disease, is bird flu. Scary figures, but we have antiviral drugs, ”she emphasized.
At the beginning of the year, the heads of the World Health Organization met at the World Economic Forum, which discussed the risks associated with new diseases. According to them, a new disease can provoke ten times more deaths than Covid-19.
The Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko noted that it is a hypothetical pandemic-any disease can lead to it. This emphasizes the need for new health challenges.
