Why in news? Global health specialists have issued a warning, suggesting Disease X could become next Pandemic

Highlights:

What is Disease X?

• Disease X refers to pathogen, (known/potentially unknown) that can cause large scale, serious pandemic leading to mass scale human disease
• It is possibly and plausibly caused by a ‘pathogen X’.
• Disease could be related to zoonotic disease likely from a RNA virus, emerging from epidemiological triad.

What are the Prevention strategy to be followed?

• Containment and mitigation strategies involve development and implementation of uniform international guidelines to control bioterrorism
• Immediate and appropriate travel restrictions including strict airport screening requires to be implemented to contain the spread of pathogen X across borders.
• Concentrated efforts to accelerate the access, rapid availability of immediate medical measures – test kits, vaccines, and first aid required before and during the pandemic.