UN Warns of Incurable Pandemic Threatens World in Near Future

The United Nations (UN) warns the drought  becomes an imminent incurable pandemic threatens the world in the near future.

The organization urges the drought-stricken countries across the globe to take urgent measurements to fight the phenomenon of climate change and its devastating fallouts.

Mami Mizutori, special representative of the UN General-Secretary for Dangers of Catastrophes, said over a statement published on the official website of the UN, that drought is about to become the following pandemic after the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19).

He stressed that there is no treatment to heal drought over the few years to come.

He indicated that most parts of the planet will suffer of scarcity of water as demand surpasses supply.

The UN official went on to say that people lived in the conditions of drought for 5000 years in prehistoric ages but now we see a different matter.

The statement revealed that more a billion and a half suffer from drought in the 21th century.

Loses of drought across the world is estimated at $ 124 billion.

But according to economic experts the real loses may be many folds of the mentioned above sum because the data did not loses inflicted the poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The statement pointed out that many people think that drought affects only desert areas in Africa and the other continents in the world.

By the end of the standing century, all countries will expose to drought and should cope with lesser sources of fresh water.

During the last years, experts observed changes in averages of rainfall due to climate change which is main reason for drought.

Also, the careless use of water and deteriorating farmland owing to intensified agricultural operations lead to worsening the miserable results of drought.

Mami Mizutori urges governments to improve methods of extracting, storing and using of water resources along with better ways to manage lands.