[EBH]

Daily Bird Flu News Updates:

Reuters - 30th September 2005
Taiwan tech firms begin bird flu precautions
TAIWAN - Stung by the SARS outbreak two years ago, some of Taiwan's top technology firms are beginning to take precautions against bird flu in case the virus evolves into an even deadlier form and threatens operations. Taking a page from the measures adopted against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, electronics firms said an outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu in China could have serious consequences on their factories there. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/LatestNews/Default.asp?AREA=LatestNews&Display=8420

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BBC - 30th September 2005
Bird flu 'could kill 150m people'
GLOBAL - A new flu pandemic could happen at any time and kill between 5-150 million people, a UN health official warned. David Nabarro, who is charged with co-ordinating responses to bird flu, said a mutation of the virus affecting Asia could trigger new outbreaks. "The consequences in terms of human life when the pandemic does start are going to be extraordinary and very damaging," Dr Nabarro told the BBC. Bird flu has swept through poultry and wild birds in Asia since 2003. It has killed huge numbers of birds and lead to more than 60 human deaths. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4292426.stm

[Oorang]

The BBC article is real uplifting (sarcasm). At least the msm is waking up, finally.