Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic?

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Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic? [1]

If an influenza pandemic is declared, investigations by New Scientist suggest that global preparedness for a pandemic is extremely patchy.

Publication Date:

02/05/2009

Author(s): Rachel Nowak [2], Andy Coghlan [3], Linda Geddes [4]

Source: New Scientist [5]

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2706

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