Using indiscriminate antibiotics, 3 seconds of virus will kill 1 person

If humans do not act quickly, one person will be killed by the virus every 20 seconds, the BBC (UK) reported on 19 May.

According to the Overview of Antimicrobial Resistance, published on the same day, since mid-2014, more than 1 million people have lost their lives due to infectious diseases related to antibiotic-resistant viruses . Doctors have discovered an extremely disturbing phenomenon, which is the new bacteria resistant to colistin - a polymyxin antibiotic, which is used to treat serious diseases. This finding has raised concerns that the world is facing "post-antibiotic era".

People are currently losing their way against the drug-resistant viruses that have long been described as "an equally dangerous terrorism" . The problem is that we are not able to invent new antibiotics while we are wasting existing antibiotics.

Number of people killed every year in continents due to antibiotic-resistant virus in 2050. (Photo Review on Antimicrobial Resistance)

As expected, the situation will continue to get worse and by 2050, about 10 million people will die each year due to antibiotic resistant virus. Problems related to drug-resistant viruses are expected to "cost" $ 100 trillion. The money could be paid for by cutting down on medical budgets for countries or through tax increases for pharmaceutical companies that do not invest in antibiotic research.

Currently countries around the world are trying to create a plan to prevent the medical industry from "returning to the dreadful period" , it is estimated that this plan will consume billions of dollars.

A revolution in the use of antibiotics and user education campaigns has also been proposed in the above report.

"We have to warn the situation for the whole world in many different ways. We have to explain to everyone why we have to stop using indiscriminate antibiotics" - Mr. Lord Jim O'Neill , economist tops the BBC's response report.

According to Lord Jim O'Neill, if the problem is not solved, humanity will enter a dark period."A lot of people will die," he warned.