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[Bird Flu Monitor] [661] Of Malaysian poultry market and bird flu: [Tahilla.typepad.com] Bird Flu Watch: The European Commission voiced concern about shortages of anti-viral drugs needed in case of a feared flu pandemic, pressing EU governments to stockpile more of them as alarm over bird flu mounts..The European Union's executive arm, giving an update on the situation after a lethal bird flu strain was confirmed on the continent Saturday, also said it could take further measures to protect Europe against the disease if necessary.."We are not seeking to be alarmist," said Philip Tod, spokesman for EU health commissioner Markos Kyprianou.."We are fulfilling our duty to help member states prepare and to coordinate their preparations.".Specifically, he said a number of EU states do not have enough stocks of anti-viral drugs for human flu to cover 25 percent of the population -- as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the event of a pandemic..Kyprianou "is concerned by the fact that not all member states have sufficient stocks.

[Acado.com] acado.com sustainable web.dev: [661] Of Malaysian poultry market ...: ..: The flu would hit several cities almost simultaneously and cause massive economic dislocation due to the virtual halt in economic activity in those and perhaps most regions of the country. I wouldn’t want to contemplate what that would mean over a two month period but given that imports and exports would be massively affected due to probable restrictions on loading and unloading of ships, I daresay that the entire world would be plunged into an economic nightmare that would overwhelm the ability of most third world government to deal with the crisis.

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