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[Tahilla.typepad.com] Bird Flu Watch: The European Commission voiced concern about shortages of anti-viral drugs needed in case of a feared flu pandemic, pressing EU governments to stockpile more of them as alarm over bird flu mounts..The European Union's executive arm, giving an update on the situation after a lethal bird flu strain was confirmed on the continent Saturday, also said it could take further measures to protect Europe against the disease if necessary.."We are not seeking to be alarmist," said Philip Tod, spokesman for EU health commissioner Markos Kyprianou.."We are fulfilling our duty to help member states prepare and to coordinate their preparations.".Specifically, he said a number of EU states do not have enough stocks of anti-viral drugs for human flu to cover 25 percent of the population -- as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the event of a pandemic..Kyprianou "is concerned by the fact that not all member states have sufficient stocks.

 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bird flu in Turkey is ...: "Confirmation that highly pathogenic avian influenza has been found in Turkey and that Avian influenza is now also in Romania is of concern," said the chief veterinary officer in Britain, Debby Reynolds. "It shows there is a risk to the UK and this is a developing situation, which we are monitoring closely."

 [News.yahoo.com] Drugs no answer to bird flu: experts - Yahoo! News: A study published last week showed that the H1N1 virus thatcaused the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed at least 40 millionpeople globally and may have killed more, depending onestimates, was a purely avian virus that acquired a fewmutations that gave it the ability to infect people easily,spread among them and cause highly fatal disease.

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