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This Pandemic Will End But Are We Prepared for the Next One?
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16:00, 15 Feb 2021
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We’ve been warned that pandemics like COVID-19 will become more common, and each one possibly worse than before. But what might the next pandemic look like? We are joined by Prof Wang Linfa, Director of the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore to discuss what we can learn from past pandemics, and how we can be better prepared for the next. With reports that coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 may be found in bats across Asia, Prof Wang also shares why bats are often the reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens, but why they are not to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic and past outbreaks.
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Presenter: Tee Shiao Eek
Producer: Lim Sue Ann
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Health & Living
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pandemics
epidemics
WHO
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coronavirus
emerging infectious diseases
outbreak
influenza
pandemic preparedness
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This Pandemic Will End But Are We Prepared for the Next One?
42 mins
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16:00, 15 Feb 2021
We’ve been warned that pandemics like COVID-19 will become more common, and each one possibly worse than before. But what might the next pandemic look like? We are joined by Prof Wang Linfa, Director of the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore to discuss what we can learn from past pandemics, and how we can be better prepared for the next. With reports that coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 may be found in bats across Asia, Prof Wang also shares why bats are often the reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens, but why they are not to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic and past outbreaks.
Image source: Shutterstock
Presenter: Tee Shiao Eek
Producer: Lim Sue Ann
The Bigger Picture
Health & Living
COVID-19
pandemics
epidemics
WHO
bats
coronavirus
emerging infectious diseases
outbreak
influenza
pandemic preparedness
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