Russian-Ukraine war could spark next pandemic as 'breeding ground for disease X'

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Vladimir Putin's brutal war in Ukraine could trigger the next global pandemic, experts have warned. Infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja has cautioned that battlefields create ideal conditions for illnesses to spread rapidly amongst troops on the front line. The physician fears another pandemic could already be emerging "right now", without our knowledge. He said: "The first jumps of a new virus into humans could be happening right now as we're speaking. We never know. Think about how many

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