Question:
More on bird flu from the FT today.
!!!!!! - Every doctor's surgery in Britain will next month be sent official instructions on how to handle an outbreak of bird flu as ministers step up their preparations for a global pandemic that, if the worst fears are borne out, could kill up to 50m people.
The UK's 10,465 surgeries will receive a package of information from the government to help tackle a flu pandemic, which scientists warn is now inevitable. Ministers and officials have privately expressed the view that a bird flu pandemic poses a greater threat than terrorism.
GPs will be sent a 50-page pamphlet from the chief medical officer describing the symptoms of bird flu and setting out how to contain a pandemic. Each surgery will also be given 50 copies of a leaflet for patients.
The Department of Health says up to 50m people could die worldwide, of whom between 50,000 and 650,000 would be in the UK. -
It is a case of when not if for the UK and the EU.