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Scientists warn worse pandemics are on the way if we don’t protect nature

Dry soil is pictured, as only a few millimetres of rain has fallen in recent weeks, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Ringsted, Zealand, Denmark April 24, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC20BG9HM7UC

Failure to act could make pandemics more and more likely. Image: via REUTERS

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