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RedNova News - Science - AVIAN FLU: Are We Ready?: "AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC
Scenario: In South-east Asia, a worker on a battery chicken farm catches normal influenza. At work, he is then infected with bird flu. The two combine, and the bird flu virus ' type A, strain H5N1 ' mutates into a form that can be passed from person to person. A global epidemic ' a pandemic ' begins. Within three months, it has reached the UK.
Risk level: High.
Possible damage: Up to a quarter of the population (about 14 million) could be affected. There is disruption to economy and society at all levels as millions stay away from work, either from fear of infection or to care for the sick. Emergency planners have been warned to envisage 25 per cent staff absences of a week or longer, in all businesses and services, over three months.
Possible fatalities: A potential 50,000 in England and Wales alone."
Scenario: In South-east Asia, a worker on a battery chicken farm catches normal influenza. At work, he is then infected with bird flu. The two combine, and the bird flu virus ' type A, strain H5N1 ' mutates into a form that can be passed from person to person. A global epidemic ' a pandemic ' begins. Within three months, it has reached the UK.
Risk level: High.
Possible damage: Up to a quarter of the population (about 14 million) could be affected. There is disruption to economy and society at all levels as millions stay away from work, either from fear of infection or to care for the sick. Emergency planners have been warned to envisage 25 per cent staff absences of a week or longer, in all businesses and services, over three months.
Possible fatalities: A potential 50,000 in England and Wales alone."
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