The Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last the world faces in the near future, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.
WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said unless humans change the way we interact with animals and address climate change, we will soon find ourselves on the doorstep of another crisis.
Efforts to improve human health are 'doomed' unless we are prepared to tackle animal welfare issues and climate change, he said as a dark year of tragedy and economic turmoil comes to a close.
He made the stark warning in a video message marking Sunday's first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. In the short clip, he said the world must learn lessons from the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.