Friday, November 26, 2004

WHO Official Says Flu Pandemic Inevitable (washingtonpost.com)

WHO Official Says Flu Pandemic Inevitable (washingtonpost.com):

"Every country in the world must come up with a plan urgently to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, a top global health expert said on Friday.

'I believe we are closer now to a pandemic than at any time in recent years,' said Shigeru Omi, regional director for the Western Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). "

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