Another pandemic will threaten human lives and could be 'more lethal' than Covid, a vaccine expert has warned. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, who is one of the inventors of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, said the next pandemic could be 'more contagious' and said scientific advances made in research 'must not be lost'.
Delivering the 44th prestigious Richard Dimbleby Lecture, she said: "This will not be the last time a virus threatens our lives and our livelihoods. "The truth is, the next one could be worse.
It could be more contagious, or more lethal, or both." READ MORE:The latest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester as cases rise in six boroughs She added: "We cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone