UN Report: Epidemics to Multiply, Claim More Lives Globally

According to a report prepared by experts in biopersity at the United Nations (UN), today, Thursday, epidemics will multiply in the world and kill more people due to "the huge reservoir of viruses unknown in the animal world.

"Without prevention strategies, pandemics will emerge more and spread more easily," the experts said. "Viruses will kill more people and have unprecedented and devastating effects on the global economy."

It is recalled that this report was prepared by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biopersity and Ecosystem Services (IPBE).

The latest statistics indicate that the Coronavirus has infected about 45 million people, of whom more than one million and 180 thousand have died.

On the other hand, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today, Thursday, that preparations for vaccination against Coronavirus in Germany are underway, warning of the coming winter.

Merkel pointed out that preparations for vaccination against the pandemic are underway and that the government is working on ethical guidelines on whom vaccines should be available.

Merkel warned lawmakers that the coming winter will be difficult after she identified dozens of measures aimed at controlling the high number of people infected with the Coronavirus.

The German chancellor said, "The winter will be harsh ... four long and arduous months  but it will end."

To date, the number of people infected with Coronavirus in Germany exceeded 484 thousand, while the number of deaths exceeded 10 thousand, according to what was reported by the "Worldmeter" website.

The German Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases announced today, Thursday, that it has detected 16,774 new cases of the disease, compared to 14,964 the previous day.

The institute recorded 89 new deaths from the "COVID-19" disease caused by the coronavirus during the last day, compared to 85 deaths the previous day.

This brings the total number of Corona infections that have been recorded in Germany since the start of the pandemic, to 481013 cases, including 10272 deaths.