WHO aide warns of avian flu pandemic
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HONG KONG A global pandemic of avian influenza is &quot;very, very likely&quot; and could kill tens of millions of people around the world, a top World Health Organization official said Monday.
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Global health experts have warned Southeast Asia it must unite to combat the spread of bird flu. The World health Organisation says the virus has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic.
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Bangkok: Chilling warnings about an inevitable global influenza pandemic that could kill millions signal more turmoil to come after a grim year in Asia when nations weary from fighting SARS faced a new foe in bird flu.
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Every country in the world must come up  urgently with a plan 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.
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BANGKOK: An influenza pandemic is likely to affect every country in the world leaving millions dead with no vaccines available until at least next March, the World Health Organisation has warned.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic, which could kill millions of people.
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The World Health Organization says government officials should be preparing for the next global influenza pandemic, which could cause two to seven million deaths.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO) influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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International health officials warned yesterday that the world was closer to its next pandemic - a potent mix of avian influenza and a human flu virus - and that Asia was likely to be its epicentre.
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A medical expert has warned the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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The world is closer to the next flu pandemic that may kill up to 7 million people, a World Health Organization expert warns. A worldwide outbreak is closer than ever because of bird flu, says Klaus Stohr, coordinator of WHO&#39;s global influenza program.
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likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year, says a top global health expert. &quot;No country will be spared once it becomes a pandemic,&quot; he told a news conference on Friday.
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Health officials warned Monday that the world was close to its next pandemic - a powerful and highly contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.
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Officials warned that the world was close to its next pandemic, a powerful and contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.
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Up to 100 million people around the world could be killed in a pandemic of human influenza, a World Health Organization official warned Monday.
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New York, Dec. 16 (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday urged governments across the world to prepare for future fights against influenza.
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Bird flu will trigger an influenza pandemic among people that could kill up to 7 million, experts from the United Nations&#39; World Health Organization predict.