Disease outbreaks from African animals surge 60% in 10 years - 1News
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7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 7 months ago
There has been a 63% rise in the number of animal diseases in Africa breaching the species barrier from 2012 to 2022, compared to the decade before.
The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60% in the last decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, a worrying sign the planet c… [+2187 chars]
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