The world is 'dangerously unprepared' to handle the next pandemic, the Red Cross says in a scathing report

• The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the Red Cross warned in a report.
• "Our world is becoming increasingly hazardous," the report said.
• The Red Cross' secretary general said the COVID-19 pandemic "should be a wake-up call."

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics after the COVID-19 crisis hit three years ago and killed more than 6 million people globally, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned in a scathing new report.