Health body agrees to speed up bird flu monitoring system

The 192-nation World Health Assembly today agreed to speed up preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic by allowing the UN health agency and member countries to establish a global warning system a year early.

Health body agrees to speed up bird flu monitoring system

The 192-nation World Health Assembly today agreed to speed up preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic by allowing the UN health agency and member countries to establish a global warning system a year early.

The chief decision-making body for the World Health Organisation approved without debate a resolution allowing for countries to immediately introduce a fast reporting system to guard against the start of a possible flu pandemic.

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