21 Quotes by Dr. Nabarro

Most people see this as a long-term challenge. The short-term money is needed because we have some services that are stretched, but we need a long-term approach.

Only two mutations are needed for it to become easily transmissible among humans.

I don't know why they are not sharing those samples.

Frankly, there will be a pandemic, sooner or later.

I saw excellent work being done by Thailand.

Some of the challenges we face now are really quite dramatic and call for a lot of technical expertise.

It is certainly within the next six to 12 months. And who knows, we've been wrong on other things, it could be earlier.

Unfortunately, we cannot tell when the mutation might happen, or where it might happen, or how unpleasant the mutant virus will turn out to be. Nevertheless, we must remain on high alert for the possibility of sustained human-to-human transmission and of a pandemic starting at any time.

Fingers-crossed, it's going to be a good-sized pledge. I think most of the countries are aware of the seriousness and the need to move money to poor countries.