WHO calls for world pandemic treaty to prepare for Disease X
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has urged countries to endorse the organization's pandemic treaty in preparation for a potential future threat known as "Disease X." Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ghebreyesus expressed hope for a global agreement on pandemics by May to address this hypothetical virus, which scientists believe could be 20 times deadlier than COVID-19. Disease X is a placeholder for a yet-unknown virus added to the WHO's list in 2017 as a potential cause of a severe international epidemic.
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