Martin Raiser, Vice President for the South Asia Region, World Bank, on Friday underscored the need for continued vigilance against zoonotic diseases.
‘’It requires continued vigilance. Because of the nature of these diseases, the problem is we don’t know which the next one is going to be,’‘ Mr. Raiser, who met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and senior government officials in Thiruvananthapuram, said on Friday.
He pointed out that in India, Kerala is the most forward-thinking in terms of the One Health concept and zoonotic diseases.
