The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation.
GENEVA, Switzerland –
They will also consider the so-called “Disease X” — an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic. It currently includes Covid-19, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome , Nipah, Zika and Disease X.
They are due to meet in Geneva from December 5 to 7 for a third meeting to draft and negotiate a WHO convention or other kind of international agreement on pandemic preparedness and response.
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