The doctor who helped discover Ebola has warned of new deadly diseases that could spread as rapidly as Covid-19 but be as fatal as the African virus.
Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum said humankind faces a number of unknown threats that could blight populations worldwide.
He told how there are new viruses emerging from the tropical forests of Africa that could rapidly spread. "We are now in a world where new pathogens will come out.
And that's what constitutes a threat for humanity", the professor told CNN. Asked if any new disease could be more apocalyptic than Covid-19, he said: "Yes, yes, I think so." His comments came as a woman showing symptoms of a hemorrhagic fever in Ingende, a remote town in the Democratic Republic of the
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