UK’s Biological Security Strategy - UK Column News

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Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-14th-june-2023
- Boris Johnson in 2021 announced the plan for a new ‘Global Pandemic Radar’ to identify and track new COVID variants and emerging diseases.
- Telegraph: UK building radar system to detect future pandemics 
- Mirror: 'Biothreats radar' set up to scan for new pandemic and bio-terror alerts facing UK
- UK Government: UK Biological Security Strategy
“The UK Government is working alongside the US Defence Advanced Research Programme Agency (DARPA) to develop and investigate the potential for a networked system of sensors to detect the production or release of chemical and biological threats in urban settings and transport hubs.”

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