Flu pandemic and not terrorism is the greatest threat faced
by Britain
today which could see more than 750,000 people die due to the disease, warns a
new government report that will be released today.
According to the newly created "risk register", a
flu pandemic is certain to occur in future and the death toll could rise
anywhere between 50,000 to 750,000. Flu claims over 12,000 deaths annually in
Britain but government officials fear that a mutant strain of the virus could
prove to be resistant to drugs and increase the death toll by as much as 300
times.
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