London Games may Trigger Flu Pandemic

With the 2012 Olympics just a few months away, a British risk analysis company has warned that the games could trigger a flu pandemic in the country.

Bath-based Maplecroft pointed out to World Health Organization (WHO) reports which rank Britain just below Singapore as having an “extreme” risk of a swine flu outbreak.

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With more than 5.3 million tourists expected to attend the London Olympics this summer, Maplecroft revealed that the danger of a swine flu outbreak will be higher than normal.

“There is little pre-existing natural immunity to H5N1 infection in the human population. Should the virus improve its transmissibility, the entire human population could be vulnerable to infection”, the report said.

Source-Medindia

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