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As China prepares for a battle against H5N1 bird flu, health authorities are tracking new global developments of the virus Since a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus made the leap from birds to humans in Hong Kong in 1997, the threat of an all-out pandemic has never been more serious than right now. Having spread to 15 countries, from Iraq to Austria and then into Nigeria in the past month alone, the total number of countries with a confirmed presence of the virus has risen to more than 30. According to statistics from the World Health Organization
As China prepares for a battle against H5N1 bird flu, health authorities are tracking new global developments of the virus Since a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus made the leap from birds to humans in Hong Kong in 1997, the threat of an all- out pandemic has never been more serious than right now. Having spread to 15 countries, from Iraq to Austria and then into Nigeria in the past month alone, the total number of countries with a confirmed presence of the virus has risen to more than 30. According to statistics from the World Health Organization