Last year it was SARS, will bird flu plunge air travel into chaos this year ?
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Last year it was SARS, will bird flu plunge air travel into chaos this year ?
This is not a good news for the aviation industry. Will Avian Influenza become aviation influenza ?
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/2004/pr7/en/
“With SARS, we learned that only by working together can we control emerging global public health threats," said Dr. LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General “Now, we confront another threat to human health and we must reaffirm existing collaboration and form new ones. At the international level, WHO, FAO and OIE stand together in close working relationship to provide the necessary guidance to Member States.”
“This is a serious global threat to human health,” said Dr. Lee Jong-wook. “But we have faced several emerging infectious diseases in the past. This time, we face something we can possibly control before it reaches global proportions if we work cooperatively and share needed resources. We must begin this hard, costly work now.”
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/2004/pr7/en/
“With SARS, we learned that only by working together can we control emerging global public health threats," said Dr. LEE Jong-wook, WHO Director-General “Now, we confront another threat to human health and we must reaffirm existing collaboration and form new ones. At the international level, WHO, FAO and OIE stand together in close working relationship to provide the necessary guidance to Member States.”
“This is a serious global threat to human health,” said Dr. Lee Jong-wook. “But we have faced several emerging infectious diseases in the past. This time, we face something we can possibly control before it reaches global proportions if we work cooperatively and share needed resources. We must begin this hard, costly work now.”
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Well, all I can say is Im booked to fly to Bangkok tomorrow with Thai,last week the flight was fully booked in all classes. I understand that now its so empty I might have to fly it myself, only time will tell!!
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The WHO seems to be concerned today about a possible case of human-to-human transmission of avian flu in Viet Nam:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2005_01_21/en/
Once infected, the current human death rate seems to be 75%:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian...2005_01_21/en/
Cheers,
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2005_01_21/en/
Once infected, the current human death rate seems to be 75%:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian...2005_01_21/en/
Cheers,
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Unless the virus undergoes a mutation that allows it to be readily transmitted from human-to-human, then as a general traveller there doesn't appear to be a lot to worry about.
