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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that seasonal flu is not a problem that occurs only in winter. Flu affects an estimated 1 billion people worldwide each year, millions of whom suffer serious complications. What is worse is that thousands of people die from it every year. WHO emphasizes the dangers of new flu strains, to which people have no immunity, and urges us to take influenza seriously.
The next pandemic may be caused by flu
Scientists have warned that the flu virus could cause the next pandemic. Any single strain of influenza virus will cause a global outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. This claim has been made in a study conducted at Cologne University in Germany. Experts believe influenza still poses the greatest threat to global health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also expressed fear of the spread of influenza like the avian strain.
Scientists warn about Disease X
The study will be presented next week at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona. (escmid) Will be presented in Congress. According to experts, the unknown 'Disease X' virus is seen as a potential pandemic-causing virus after influenza. Experts believe that a new strain of the virus could emerge 'suddenly' like Covid-19, which has killed millions of people around the world and still poses a threat. The warning comes after WHO expressed concern about the dangerous spread of the H5N1 type of influenza, which is spreading rapidly in parts of the Americas. The organization has warned of an increase in the number of cases.
Can it be 100 times more dangerous than Corona?
John Fulton, an adviser to the pharmaceutical company, had earlier said in a statement, 'It seems to be 100 times worse than Covid. Or it may become more dangerous if it mutates and maintains a high mortality rate. We can hope that once it mutates to infect humans, the death rate will reduce.
According to WHO records, data shows that out of every 100 patients infected with the H5N1 virus since 2003, 52 have died, resulting in a mortality rate of over 50 percent. This rate is much higher than the current Covid-19 death rate. The death rate from Covid-19 is 0.1 percent.