The world should establish an early warning system for new viral infectious diseases by space-weather monitoring

Abstract

With the emergence of several new epidemics of viral infections – SARS, MERS, EBOLA, ZIKA, Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic,Covid-2019 - over the past 3 decades we suggest that a world-wide programme of stratospheric surveillance and space weather monitoring should be urgently put in place without further delay.