'Disease X' deadlier than Covid-19 could be around the corner, Brit scientist warns

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coronavirus related to Mers or Sars. He told PA: "I mean, it really couldn't be more accurate than that. This new virus is so closely related to Sars, so they absolutely pinpointed it as one of the threats."Asked if the next Disease X could potentially be around the corner, Prof Woolhouse said "absolutely".Speaking independently, he said: "You could use the phrase 'it is when, not if'."We can't put a handle on when, of course.

The precise mechanism by which a virus comes out is always extremely unpredictable."You can never predict precise events, so you have to do it on sort of statistical grounds probability."Prof Woolhouse told PA that every year or two scientists are discovering maybe one or two viruses that are transmissible to humans,.