UK and US Announce Partnership to Tackle Biological Threats For Future Pandemics

The UK and the US have announced new biological threats tackling partnership which seeks to develop a more resilient global biosurveillance system to detect future disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate the making of next-gen vaccines so that it doesn't emerge as a biosecurity issue for their economies. (Credit: Phil Noble/Reuters)

As biological threats like the COVID-19 pandemic and disease outbreaks become a major problem across the world, the UK and the US are trying to develop new ways to tackle it for better biological security.

On January 16, the UK Cabinet Office announced that Britain and America are embarking on a new strategic partnership to counter biological threats and protect their biological security.