Disease X: What to know about the WHO pandemic plan discussed at the World Economic Forum

Published January 19, 2024 12:32pm ET

Four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, participants at the World Economic Forum discussed mechanisms to control and contain the next global pandemic.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke to the WEF in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday about “Disease X,” the moniker for the hypothetical pathogen that could spark the next global pandemic.