UK medical professionals are currently preparing for a potential new pandemic termed "Disease X" as COVID-19 becomes a more frequent and persistent health condition. They issue a warning that the symptoms of this new virus may be similar to those of the horrific Spanish Flu of 1918–1920. This "Disease X Pandemic" has been given that designation by the World Health Organization, and in order to combat it, prompt vaccine development and supply will once more be required. There is currently no guarantee that this will happen, though.

The World Health Organization coined the term "Disease X Pandemic," and it is causing medical professionals to express concern. They warn us that the next pandemic could result in 20 times as many fatalities as the coronavirus.

The COVID-19 epidemic began in 2020, and since then, more than 2.5 million people have unfortunately passed away worldwide. The top 10 facts to know about Disease X are listed below.

What Should We Do?

Ø Create effective global monitoring systems to spot new risks before they become a problem.

Ø Promote one health through understanding how human, animal, and environmental health is interconnected in order to spot and reduce threats.

Ø Implement antimicrobial stewardship to fight drug-resistant bacteria when using antibiotics responsibly.

Ø Building capacity in healthcare systems will help them better respond to pandemics and to patients' regular medical requirements.

Ø Foster international cooperation in the sharing of information, the distribution of resources, and research initiatives.

Ø Develop thorough pandemic preparedness plans, including the fast response teams and crucial supply stockpiles.



Why it’s a Disease X is coming Next Pandemic?

We are unsure. Among the nearly two dozen virus families that can infect humans, six—the Adenoviridae, Coronaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Picornaviridae, and Poxviridae—possess these traits and are thus most likely to be the cause of the next pandemic. 

Ø The world's population lacks any natural immunity.

Ø Transmission through the respiratory system

Ø spreadable by unwell people who don't have symptoms

Ø There are no modern, effective treatments or vaccines.

How can medical countermeasures be created if we don't know which disease ("DISEASE X") will manifest itself next?

Instead than focusing on a specific virus that may or may not represent a threat in the future; researchers should concentrate their efforts on creating medical countermeasures against the viral families most likely to cause pandemics.

The US should sponsor a brand-new, focused Disease X initiative. Utilizing vaccine platforms and technologies that are most suited for the virus families most likely to cause disastrous disease outbreaks in the future with medical countermeasure program.

Medical countermeasures against one viral family member may easily be changed to target another when the next member of the family emerges.

Using this flexible approach, private-public cooperation might develop vaccines, antivirals, and diagnostics for a number of unknown potential pandemic viruses in months as opposed to years.

The Growing Risk Of X

The WHO has predicted a "inevitable" "Disease X" pandemic, which is consistent with the experts' warning. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2018, the WHO came up with the name. Ebola, SARS, and Zika are included on the WHO's "Blueprint list of priority diseases" for the upcoming deadly pandemic.

According to the WHO, "Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease." There are infectious diseases without medical cures on the Blueprint list. Some public health specialists worry that the next Disease X, like Ebola, HIV/AIDS, and Covid-19, will be zoonotic.

Pandemic Preparedness Is Required

Covid-19, which claimed 20 million lives worldwide, was not the worst-case scenario. They point out that fewer individuals died from the virus than from Ebola, the avian flu, or MERS. They contend that chance cannot stop the coming pandemic, which could be more deadly and contagious. Most virus sufferers recovered. But 67% of Ebola patients pass away. Bird flu is not far behind at 60%. MERS itself attained 34%.

According to the author, the next outbreak cannot be contained. To prepare for pandemics, they advise spending money on vaccine research and development, bolstering health systems and surveillance, and enhancing international cooperation and coordination. They assert that the world has to get ready because the next epidemic is on the way.