As myanmar's National Management Commission prepares to "unseal" and people expect the outbreak to end as soon as possible, WHO warns that insect-borne pathogens pose an "increasing" risk and could lead to the next pandemic.
Arboviruses could trigger the next pandemic
WHO says diseases like Zika virus disease, yellow fever, chikungunya and dengue are all pathogens transmitted through arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks. They are the number one killer of a potential outbreak that could escalate into a pandemic next time, especially as the nearly 4 billion people live in tropical and subtropical regions, where these animals thrive.
Experts around the world are looking for strategies to prevent a covid-19-like outbreak from happening again.
Dr Sylvie Briander, Director of the World Health Organization's Global Communicable Disease Preparedness Group, said the epidemic of arboviruses was increasing and currently posed a threat to public health in tropical and subtropical regions. More than 89 countries have faced Zika virus outbreaks since 2016, while the risk of yellow fever has been rising since the early 2000s. In the 130 dengue-endemic countries, 390 million people are infected each year, and severe conditions can lead to haemorrhagic fever and death. Yellow fever is at high risk of outbreaks in 40 countries and can lead to jaundice, severe haemorrhagic fever and death. Chikungunya is less well known, but it is present in 115 countries and causes severe disabling arthritis.
WHO believes that despite the availability of a yellow fever vaccine, the best protection against mosquito bites is to prevent mosquito bites in the first place. WHO said the Global Arbovirus Initiative will focus resources on risk surveillance, pandemic prevention, preparedness, testing and response. The organization noted that international action is essential given the frequency and scale of outbreaks of arboviruses, particularly those transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.
After reading the WHO report, Xiaobian couldn't help but get nervous again. After all, in Myanmar, when it comes to mosquitoes, many people have a headache. After all, many people are attracted to diseases such as dengue fever and chikungunya fever in mosquitoes. Especially dengue fever.
Myanmar is a high-prevalence area for dengue fever, with thousands of people infected with dengue fever every year. Many people recall feelings when they were infected with dengue fever and are afraid.
Some doctors in Myanmar said that the rainy season is the high incidence of dengue fever, but in terms of specific circumstances, dengue patients will occur in some provinces and states throughout the year. Previously, most of the infections were in children, but now the dengue virus has mutated, infecting children, young adults and the elderly. Now that Myanmar is changing seasons and is also a high incidence of dengue fever, I hope that the people will do a good job in prevention, have flu symptoms, and seek medical treatment in the hospital as soon as possible.