WHO forms Advisory Group named SAGO to study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential

WHO forms Advisory Group named SAGO to study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential

• World Health Organization (WHO) has created a new advisory group named, The International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO. 
• Function: The function of SAGO will be to systematically study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential, and advise the development in this regard to WHO.
• WHO has made an open call for nominations to SAGO from the member countries, thus providing a transparent foundation for the new scientific advisory group.
• The group will also work towards finding the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Points to remember:

1. Name of the new advisory group by WHO to study the study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential?
2. Full form of SAGO

Source: WHO