Geopolitical tensions and dwindling funds are putting the world at risk from further mass outbreaks of infectious diseases, say health experts, arguing that countries have not learned the lessons of a “pandemic era”.
Leading figures in the fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic said the faltering response to the monkeypox outbreak showed governments needed to maintain surveillance and testing systems while investing in vaccines.
“In my professional career we’re actually at the most vulnerable we’ve ever been,” said Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, the medical research charity that is the UK’s biggest philanthropic donor.
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