السبت، 28 يوليو 2012

WHO: flu pandemic could kill millions

World Health Organization said in its report that a billion people are at risk of injury as may die between 2,000,007 million people if the event back to the outbreak of pandemic influenza in the world.

According to the WHO Representative in the Philippines, Jean-Marc Olivier has built models to estimate prior to the spread of a flu pandemic in the world.

And economic losses, he said Aloliva that the emergence of an epidemic is modest for a period not exceeding one year may lead to the loss of up to 3% of Asian GDP and 0.5% of global GDP.

Olivier said that the disposal of infected poultry and birds may help to envisage the emergence of the epidemic also advised the States to take preventive measures and control and prepare for the outbreak Alaoaba through the creation of a stockpile of antivirals.

The H5N1 virus has killed the bird flu is responsible for about 172 people since 2003, particularly in South East Asia. Experts fear the virus mutation that allows it to pass between humans, which means achieving an epidemic.

So far, the only known way Bzbebha of infection is direct contact with infected birds.

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