Q. Recently which organization has formed the International Scientific Advisory group for Origins of Novel Pathogens or SAGO?
a) United nations Children’s Fund
b) World Bank
c) World Health Organization
d) CARE International
ANSWER:- c)
RELATED FACTS:-
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the next step in the search of the origins of COVID-19 will be the creation of a new advisory group that will develop a global framework to study pathogens with pandemic potential.
- The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO, is a new advisory group for WHO, which will be responsible for advising WHO on the development of a global framework to systematically study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential.
- For SARS-CoV-2, it will support the rapid undertaking of recommended studies outlined in the March 2021 report,” the WHO said in a statement on 12TH August, 2021.
- WHO last month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the corona virus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in the city of Wuhan. Beijing, meanwhile, had rejected WHO’s proposal.
- The WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
- To date, more than 205 million people have been infected with the corona virus worldwide, and more than 4.3 million died, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
By – Abhishek kumar