World 'dangerously unprepared' for next crisis – Red Cross

GENEVA: All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters.

Despite three "brutal" years of the Covid-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are "severely lacking," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said.