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Covid-19 is still a big problem.

But now, scientists are thinking about the next pandemic.

In Mexico, scientists are looking at 'zoonoses'.

Zoonoses are a type of disease.

They travel from animals to people.

The animals are sometimes birds.

They can be mammals too, like rats or bats.

Rosa Elena Sarmiento is a university scientist at UNAM.

She's one of the team.

The team's working on a project in Mexico's Yucatan jungle.

Things are changing there.

The area's losing trees.

There are more tourists too.

So, people and animals are living close together.

Animals have more than 500,000 viruses.

The team checks local people's blood.

It's looking for animal viruses.

Audrey Arnal's an expert.

The project learns about local people.

And it teaches them to live in a safe way.

It helps people live with nature.

Projects like this are important.

They might stop the next pandemic.

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