Three in four emerging infectious diseases coming from animals: Health Secretary



NEW DELHI: Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant warned that 75 per cent of newly emerging infectious diseases that have affected people over last three decades are zoonotic, which so far were prevalent in animals only.

Zoonotic disease (which is transmitted from animals to humans, or vice versa) is one of the areas of concern which is affecting the humans as well as the animal health, Pant said.

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