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A human form of bird flu could kill millions and devastate economies. David Williamson reports on what the business community is doing to stop a nightmare in its tracks THE threat of a flu pandemic has forced some of Wales' largest organisations to begin planning for a worst case scenario. Experts fear the H5N1 avian flu virus may soon mutate into one which can be easily transmitted between people. Government plans envisage a situation in which a quarter of the UK population - about 15 million people - may suffer flu. This would equate to 750,000 in Wales.
Officials have estimated that 50,000 people could die across the UK, of which around 3,000 would be in Wales. The Admiral insurance group, the BBC and Cardiff University are among the bodies which have started devising strategies to cope with mass absences and disruption to basic infrastructure. This follows advice from the Confederation of British Industry that 'it is vital that companies have proper contingency plans in place to ensure they can ride out any eventuality, and a pandemic flu outbreak is clearly a potential risk'.See the full content of this document
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Firms Lay Down Plans to Tackle Bird Flu Pandemic
Jackie Miles, people services manager at Admiral, which employs 1,800 people in Cardiff and Swansea, is to attend a one day conference on the subject at the Royal College of Surgeons later this...
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