Highly-pathogenic H5N1 virus is ‘poised to explode into disastrous pandemic and we’re not ready’, top expert warns

Highly-pathogenic H5N1 virus is ‘poised to explode into disastrous pandemic and we’re not ready’, top expert warns …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

THE world could be on the brink of a “disastrous” bird flu outbreak, a top epidemiologist has warned.

This month, a teenager in Canada tested positive for a mutated version of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that may be more transmissible to humans.

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Experts fear bird flu might already be more transmissible in humansThe virus’s rapid spread could create more opportunities for it to change

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The virus’s rapid spread could create more opportunities for it to change

“This is what happens just before we have major pandemics,” Prof Chris Dye from Oxford…

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