Life is pretty much back to normal in New York. Most aren’t masking even at the United Nations headquarters where heads of state and government ministers rush from one meeting to another during this week’s U.N. General Assembly.
But what if, in the midst of this busy week, a new virus emerges, unknowingly infecting people who travelled to the city for UNGA. Is the world ready for another outbreak?
Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand and co-chair of WHO's Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness, posed this question to heads of state and government ministers on Wednesday, as they agreed with no objections on the political declaration for the U.N. high level-meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.