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Bird flu pandemic 'will hit UK'
A bird flu pandemic will hit Britain -
but not necessarily this winter, the
chief medical officer has said.
Sir Liam Donaldson said a deadly
outbreak would come when a strain of
bird flu mutated with human flu.
He told the BBC's Sunday AM show it
would probably kill about 50,000 people
in the UK, but the epicentre of any new
strain was likely to be in East Asia.
The UK has so far stockpiled 2.5m doses
of anti-viral drugs - and may restrict
travel if there is an outbreak.
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