WHO forecasts new strain of flu virus - official
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MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the danger of the appearance of a new strain of flu virus from which humans will not be immune, Russian Chief Public Health Official Gennady Onishchenko said in a letter to regional health departments.
This shows the WHO's concern over the possibility of a flu pandemic, he said.
There have been 124 instances of humans contracting bird flu in Southeast Asia, with 63 deaths caused by the disease, Onishchenko said.
