The German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) hosted the meeting of the health ministers of the G7 countries on May 19 to 20, 2022, in Berlin. The ministers agreed a pact for pandemic readiness that will focus on collaborative surveillance and a predictable rapid response to be better prepared in the future. They also pledged to increase their mandatory contributions to the World Health Organization by 50% by 2030-2031. [1]
The scenario submitted to the ministers of health predicted the spread of a dangerous smallpox virus quickly transmitted by a human after being bitten by a leopard. The details were disclosed by Bild on the basis of the documents they analyzed. The fake disease is called ‘Leopard Pox’. [2, 3]