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UN unveils global influenza strategy to prevent ‘real’ threat of pandemic

United Nations, Mar 12 (UNI) A new UN-led plan has been unveiled to tackle the estimated one billion cases of influenza which occur each year, and protect against the 'real' threat of a global pandemic, the head of the organisation’s health agency said.
Announcing the revised Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned that the “question is not if we will have another pandemic, but when”.
“The threat of pandemic influenza is ever-present,” he said, noting that the risk of a new influenza virus transmitting from animals to humans and potentially leading to a pandemic is “real”.
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