VANCOUVER — The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, several prominent researchers say.
Dr. Srinivas Murthy was among those experts who gathered at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, last month to discuss how to combat the virus.
The outbreak of viruses with the potential to become pandemics is going to be "our new reality," said Murthy, a professor at the University of British Columbia's department of pediatrics and an infectious disease specialist at the B.C. Children's Hospital.
"We just have to start getting used to this in some way (and) also be able to respond aggressively and effectively."....
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