WHO hub for pandemic intelligence to be established in Berlin

The World Health Organization Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence will be established in Berlin later this year, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday.

Spahn, speaking at a virtual event attended also by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the WHO, said the world was still insufficiently prepared for pandemics.

The WHO Hub will be a global center that works with partners around the world to lead innovations in pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and analytics, WHO General Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the event.