Prince Charles spoke out at a malaria summit, sharing his disappointment regarding the health challenges since the pandemic
June 24, 2022 - 10:05 BST Melanie Macleod As president of malaria charity Malaria No More UK, Prince Charles has a vested interest in wiping out the disease, but at a recent summit, the royal expressed his disappointment at setbacks in progress.#Speaking at the summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Prince Charles shared he felt that the aim to end malaria by 2030 had been derailed by the Covid pandemic – with malaria worsening for the first time in a decade.
While the various lockdowns meant progress on tackling malaria was halted, Charles did say the pandemic had shone a light on infectious diseases. "Post Covid, the world is paying greater attention to infectious diseases, and we must capitalise on this to provide proper support to prepare for, and respond to, infectious disease outbreaks," the royal said.Prince Charles ended his speech by imploring attendees to help, saying:"We all have a responsibility to come together to accelerate action and the scaling of solutions."This is the second time the future king has spoken about Covid during an official engagement.
"The impact of this work was never more apparent, I think, than during the past two years when Oxford's scientists produced a vaccine to combat Covid in an extraordinary race against the clock," he said. Make sure you never miss a ROYAL story! Sign up to our newsletter to get all of our celebrity and royal news delivered directly to your inbox.
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