Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bird flu pandemic 'could kill 150m'

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Bird flu pandemic 'could kill 150m'

James Sturcke
Friday September 30, 2005

An Indonesian agriculture ministry official injects a parrot with bird flu vaccine in Jakarta. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP
An Indonesian agriculture ministry official injects a parrot with bird flu vaccine in Jakarta. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

A global influenza pandemic is imminent and will kill up to 150 million people, the UN official in charge of coordinating the worldwide response to an outbreak has warned."