Consider the following about the Coalition for EpidemicPreparedness Innovations CEPI that was recent...........

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Consider the following about the Coalition for EpidemicPreparedness Innovations (CEPI) that was recently seen in news.

1. It was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).

2. It is a public-private alliance to finance and coordinate thedevelopment of new vaccines to tackle epidemics.

3. It will fund programmes in LDCs that build a geographicalinformation system (GIS) for mapping epidemic prone regions.

Select the correct answer using the codes below.

1 only

2 and 3 only

2 only

1, 2 and 3

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Explanation:

Statement 1: It was officially launched at WorldEconomic Forum (WEF) Davos this year (2017).
Statement 2: CEPI’s plan includes preparations for possible outbreaks ofMarburg fever, Lassa fever, MERS, SARS, Nipah virus, Rift Valley fever,chikungunya, and others.
Statement 3: There are no proposals to fund GIS maps in LDCs. SO, 3 iswrong.
Under it, CEPI will solicit proposals from academic researchers andindustry to develop candidate vaccines for its three target viruses.