"Next Pandemic Will Come, Only A Question Of When": World Bank Chief

Ajay Banga said that the pandemic caused extreme learning losses, which is posing a challenge for the generation that went for schooling during that time.

The head of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, has warned that it's only a matter of time until the world witnesses another pandemic like Covid-19. 

During a visit to a Skill India Mission centre in New Delhi's Dwarka today, Mr Banga said that the pandemic caused extreme learning losses, which is posing a challenge for the generation that went for schooling during that time. 

The World Bank, in a 2021 report, had said that learning losses from Covid-19 could cost this generation of students close to $17 trillion in lifetime earnings.