The Director-General of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Tedros Ghebreyesus, reiterated the warning about a potential outbreak of “Disease X,” emphasizing that it is not a matter of if, but when it will happen. During the World Government Summit in Dubai, Ghebreyesus pointed out that his previous predictions were proven right by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. He now believes that another pandemic, for which the global community is not adequately prepared, is looming on the horizon.

Ghebreyesus urged world leaders to come together and agree on a global pandemic treaty by May, stressing that it is crucial for the well-being of humanity. He dismissed concerns about the treaty being a power-grab by the W.H.O., emphasizing that it is a vital mission for the entire world.

“Today I stand before you in the aftermath of COVID-19 with millions of people dead, with social, economic and political shocks that reverberate to this day,” he announced to the gathering, with one of the atendees being none other than the WEF’s Klaus Schwab.

He went on to say “some progress has been made like improvements in surveillance, the Pandemic Fund, building capacities in vaccine production… the world is not prepared for a pandemic.”

The former Ethiopian Minister of Health then warned “the painful lessons we learned are in danger of being forgotten as attention turns to the many other crises confronting our world.”

The health official went on to say that if the world fails to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, “we will pay dearly next time, and there will be a next time.”

In the international health community, “Disease X” is used to refer to a future pandemic-causing virus.

“History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if,” he added. “It may be caused by an influenza virus, or a new coronavirus or a new pathogen we don’t even know about yet — what we call Disease X. As things stand, the world remains unprepared for the next Disease X, and the next pandemic.”