According to The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSRIO), Australians should prepare themselves for more threats of pandemic in the near future.

Michelle Baker, co-author of the report from the CSIRO Infectious Disease Resilience Mission, told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings the potential for us to see a new virus emerge in the future is a likely scenario.

She describes these viruses as being ‘Zoonotic’, meaning they are spread through close interaction with wildlife.

“About 75 per cent of all infectious diseases are zoonotic” she told Bartlett.

There is a silver lining however, as the report merely indicates an emergence of infectious diseases and should not be a cause for concern that they will all end in a pandemic.

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