Open AccessThe world should establish an early warning system for new viral infectious diseases by space‐weather monitoring
Author(s) -
Qu Jiangwen,
Wickramasinghe N.Chandra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medcomm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2688-2663
DOI - 10.1002/mco2.20
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , warning system , virology , dengue fever , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , space weather , viral infection , geography , meteorology , medicine , computer science , disease , virus , telecommunications , pathology
With the emergence of several new epidemics of viral infections – SARS, MERS, EBOLA, ZIKA, Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic,Covid‐2019 ‐ over the past 3 decades we suggest that a world‐wide programme of stratospheric surveillance and space weather monitoring should be urgently put in place without further delay.
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