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Novel Pathogen Detectionactive

No novel sarbecovirus or merbecovirus with sustained human-to-human transmission declared via WHO DON or equivalent PHEIC-class authority through 2026-12-31.

System-generated assessment. This assessment remains under review until the stated horizon or until sufficient evidence allows evaluation.

Substantial confidence

Confidence in this assessment
73%+3%

Multiple lines of evidence are aligned, though the assessment remains provisional. Based on 0 linked evidence items and assessed against Dec 31, 2026.

Confidence trend

Up 3 pts from the previous update

Assessed through Dec 31, 2026·0 linked evidence items·Tracking since Apr 20, 2026

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How this assessment will be evaluated

The criteria the system uses to determine whether this assessment is borne out by the stated horizon.

Automated

Method

Evidence Match

The condition the system checks for when evaluating this assessment.

Minimum source quality

T1Primary Institutional

Evidence must meet or exceed this credibility tier to count toward evaluation.

Required terms

human-to-humansarbecovirusmerbecovirustransmission

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Evidence quality mix

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

▸Integrity referencesCryptographic hashes for verification

Registration

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Scope synthesis

The current analyst narrative for this scope.

Open synthesis →

MERS-CoV camel-to-human case documented in Somalia; SARS-CoV-2 global activity elevated but consistent with seasonal norms; no novel sarbeco/merbeco emergence signal.

Somalia MERS = sporadic zoonosis, no H2H; consistent with no-novel-emergence

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Evidence linked to this assessment

0 linked items.

No linked evidence is available for this assessment yet.

Integrity anchor

Brier 0.202

19 resolved novel pathogen detection predictions.