WHO = The World Health Organization will set up a new base in Germany to collect information on new pandemics and infectious disease epidemics, and it is likely to be asked whether it can be used for future infectious disease control.
On the 1st, WHO set up a new base for monitoring and analysis of information on new pandemics and infectious disease epidemics in Berlin, the capital of Germany, and the ceremony was attended by Secretary-General Tedros and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In this, Secretary-General Tedros evaluated that Germany had supported the WHO-led framework for the development of therapeutic agents and vaccines from the early stages of the spread of the new coronavirus. You can look ahead and save your life. "
At the base, each country will collaborate to collect data and conduct risk analysis, and Prime Minister Merkel said, "The knowledge gained here will be shared with all countries," and expressed his hope.
According to WHO, the German government has contributed an initial investment of 100 million dollars and about 11 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Regarding the new coronavirus, Tedros said that each country could not take a coordinated response and wants to promote the sharing of infectious disease data and the creation of a mechanism for prompt information analysis, and this base will be used for future infectious disease countermeasures. It seems that you will be asked if you can make use of it.