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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jabed Ahmed

Animal-to-human diseases ‘could kill 12 times as many people by 2050’

PA

Illnesses transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they did in 2020, researchers have warned.

Epidemics caused by zoonotic diseases – also known as spillovers – could be more frequent in the future due to climate change and deforestation, experts from US biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks warned.

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