US EditionIs 'mammothpox' real after WHO tests pandemic response with ancient mammal virus
- The World Health Organization conducted a two-day simulation called Exercise Polaris, engaging 15 countries to test their responses to a fictional virus named 'mammothpox.'
- Participants included countries like Canada, Germany, and Ukraine, examining how they would share information and cooperate against the spreading scenario.
- During the simulation, different political strategies complicated plans to contain the virus, leading to overwhelmed health systems.
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the importance of global cooperation for pandemic preparedness, stating that no country can face the next pandemic alone.
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Is 'mammothpox' real after WHO tests pandemic response with ancient mammal virus
Caption: Mammothpox scenario: Should we be worried about ancient frozen mammals? getty The researchers and filmmakers had no idea they were looking at ‘mammothpox’ when they all suddenly fell ill. The novel virus was wriggling around a well-preserved wool mammoth specimen from thawing permafrost, permanently frozen ground. While analysing tissue samples, the team members began falling ill one after the other with symptoms akin to Mpox or smallpo…
WHO rehearses deadly 'mammothpox' outbreak
An exercise by the UN agency earlier this month simulated an outbreak of a "fictional" virus spreading across the world The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently rehearsed a scenario in which an ancient virus lying dormant in the remains of a woolly mammoth caused a deadly global outbreak of "mammothpox," The Telegraph has reported, citing documents about the exercise it had obtained. The press release by the global health authority state…
'Mammothpox': WHO Simulated A Global Outbreak Of A Fictional Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently tested 15 countries on their response to a hypothetical new pandemic by simulating a deadly outbreak of a fictional disease. They rehearsed a scenario in which an ancient virus [...] The post ‘Mammothpox’: WHO Simulated A Global Outbreak Of A Fictional Virus appeared first on The People's Voice.
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