PARIS: The novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed a lack of global research on ways to combat the spread of infectious diseases, with health ...
"Too often, the surge of research attention and investment that novel outbreaks generate quickly wane when those outbreaks subside and other priorities take their place," Jason Schwartz, assistant professor at Yale's Department of Health Policy and Management, told AFP."SARS and Mers demonstrated the global health threat posed by coronaviruses and the need for a sustained investment in better understanding these viruses with a eye toward prevention and treatment strategies.
For Johan Neyts, professor of virology and president of the Belgian-based, International Society for Antiviral Research , the world missed a chance after SARS, which is closely related to the new coronavirus. There are now seven known coronaviruses that are transmissible among humans. Canard said coordinated research could have produced a broad-spectrum treatment against all of them, given their genetically similar profile.Neyts estimated the cost of finding a coronavirus treatment safe to administer at scale to be 250 million to 300 million euros .
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