With the dramatic background of a newly emerged virus (SARS-CoV-2) spreading around the world, Coronavirus and other infectious health threats for the human and animal populations were illustrated and debated in excellent presentations at the IABS meeting 26–28 of February 2020. Historical evidence of pandemics and lessons learned from recent epidemics or epizootics caused by many pathogens (e.g., Ebola, Zika, and African Swine Fever viruses) illustrated the overarching need for close international cooperation. New and old technologies in vaccine development and their use were presented, resulting in a call for greater interaction between the human and the veterinary fields in order to leverage the expertise and knowledge in both human and animal medicine. The One Health concept was also emphasized for eliminating the 59,000 fatal human rabies cases annually attributed to unvaccinated dogs. For preventable, infectious diseases commonly spreading in the poorer regions of the world, a new regulatory approach and governance structure was called for to give access to affordable vaccines. Vaccines were touted as one of the most successful health invention ever introduced; on a similar level to health improvements due to clean water.

在新出现的病毒 (SARS-CoV-2) 在世界各地传播的戏剧性背景下，2020 年 2 月 26 日至 28 日举行的 IABS 会议上的精彩演讲对冠状病毒和其他对人类和动物种群的传染性健康威胁进行了阐述和辩论流行病的历史证据以及从最近由许多病原体（例如埃博拉、寨卡和非洲猪瘟病毒）引起的流行病或动物流行病中汲取的经验教训表明，密切国际合作的首要必要性。会上介绍了疫苗开发及其使用的新旧技术，呼吁人类和兽医领域之间加强互动，以利用人类和动物医学​​的专业知识和知识。还强调“同一个健康”概念，以消除每年因未接种疫苗的狗导致的 59,000 例致命人类狂犬病病例。对于在世界贫困地区普遍传播的可预防传染病，需要采取新的监管方法和治理结构，以提供负担得起的疫苗。疫苗被誉为有史以来最成功的健康发明之一；与清洁水带来的健康改善程度相似。