![]() ![]() Experts agree that it is only a matter of time before one of these epidemics becomes global-a pandemic with potentially catastrophic consequences. ![]() Managing these events already strains global capacity, even absent a pandemic threat. These events are increasing, and they are disruptive to health, economies, and society. In recent years, the world has seen a growing number of epidemic events, amounting to approximately 200 events annually. Statement about nCoV and our pandemic exercise The exercise illustrated areas where public/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, a high-level pandemic exercise on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. ![]()
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