In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it's important to remember that COVID-19 is just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.

In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one" and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.