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Latest bird flu may spark major pandemic: WHO

Posted on : 2005-01-08| Author : James Q.
News Category : Health

World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of bird flu that is showing signs in Vietnam would create a difficult burden on top of the recent Asian earthquake and tsunami.

“In this situation now, when we already have such a problem here in Asia with this earthquake and the aftermath of this earthquake, it will of course put a lot of strains on both individual countries like Vietnam as well as the international community,” said WHO health experts.

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