It is important to build the sanitary shield in cooperation with the global community
Global security will depend on each and every country. That means if each country has a strong system in place <...> we will be able to quickly halt the spread of a microorganism. Of course, not all countries are in a position to be able to do this. It requires economic strength, a foundation, science, expertise, history, and everything else. <...> And the World Health Organization must find new ways of working together – we need to work more closely with the Russian Federation — Melita Vujnovic, Representative to the Russian Federation, Head of Office, World Health Organization Office in the Russian Federation.
The sanitary shield is not only about the work done in the Russian Federation. It is a multifaceted endeavour, a professional one, and [would be impossible – ed.] without the creation of three bands which cover neighbouring countries and beyond. <...> Over the past few decades, 40 new infectious diseases have been identified, and were it not for COVID, we would be working on them professionally – fighting them — Vladimir Kutyrev, Director, Russian Anti-Plague Scientific Research Institute "Microbe".
The sanitary shield is made up of a comprehensive range of measures which should protect the most important thing – people’s lives. <...> If we fail to learn how to foresee the risks and threats, <...> then we should be aware that if an epidemic is introduced in the future, it can in a single moment destroy a country’s entire economy. But most horrific of all is that fact that a huge number of people could perish. Therefore, it would be irresponsible at the very least not to consider the fact that there are two sides to biotechnologies. <...> Biological weapons are the most dangerous weapons imaginable. That’s because the source, the location of the attack will never be clear. The scale will not always be clear either, but there will always be colossal and irreversable consequences. So, there should not be any biological weapons. <...> The main thing is not to allow anyone to create an artificial epidemic or to create an artificial problem for other countries — Irina Yarovaya, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
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