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WHO worried COVID 'amnesia' will lead to another pandemic

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The World Health Organisation's top emergency expert said on Monday (November 30) that the world risked future pandemics if it suffered "amnesia" and did not learn from the current coronavirus crisis. Mike Ryan also took a swipe at developed nations in particular, saying that northern countries had been running healthcare systems "like low-cost airlines" and that the world was paying the price for that now.
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