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Geneva The World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen the members of a new advisory board into the origins of pandemics.
The board will help draw up guidelines for future studies on the origins of pandemics and epidemics and oversee investigations, the WHO reported in Geneva on Wednesday.
In total, 26 experts were put forward by the WHO for its Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), including scientists from China, Russia, the United States, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Cambodia. German virologist Christian Drosten from Berlin’s Charite hospital, who has been one of the most visible experts on German media during the pandemic, is one of the names on the list. (dpa)
The board will help draw up guidelines for future studies on the origins of pandemics and epidemics and oversee investigations, the WHO reported in Geneva on Wednesday.
In total, 26 experts were put forward by the WHO for its Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), including scientists from China, Russia, the United States, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Cambodia. German virologist Christian Drosten from Berlin’s Charite hospital, who has been one of the most visible experts on German media during the pandemic, is one of the names on the list. (dpa)
