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There are many horror movies about superbugs that [spreading / spread] around the world and kill millions of people. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the spread of [deathly / deadly] superbugs is now a [really / reality] . Many of the medicines that we have used for decades to keep away disease [no / not] longer work. Bugs have developed and have become resistant [to / of] antibiotics and other drugs. The WHO said this is a major [threat / treat] to our health. The organization said nobody [on / in] Earth is safe. The superbugs can kill [healthily / healthy] people in rich countries as well as weaker people in poorer nations. The WHO looked at [date / data] from 114 countries. It found that some antibiotics that worked 30 years ago do not work now for about half the people who [take / drink] them.

The WHO's assistant director-general for health [secure / security] Keiji Fukuda describes a scary [future / futuristic] . He said: "The world is headed for a post-antibiotic [are / era] , in which common infections and [minor / minority] injuries which have been treatable [for / in] decades can once again kill." This means that soon there will be [now / no] way to stop people from once again dying [from / for] diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and influenza. Dr Fukuda warned this was a [global / globally] trend. He said: "This is not a regional phenomena. This is not a phenomena [occurring / occur] in just poor countries or developing countries, or in rich countries or developed countries. This is something which is occurring in [whole / all] countries in the world."