Birdflu 'entrenched' in several Asian nations

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Updated June 19, 2008 20:18:27

A top WHO official says global readiness for a birdflu pandemic has improved, following an extraordinary international response to the potential threat. Meantime Australia has developed and approved a vaccine for the lethal H5N1 virus. But the WHO warns that birdflu remains entrenched in poultry in several Asian countries - including Indonesia, increasing the possibility of a mutation that could infect humans more easily.

Presenter: Stephanie March
Speakers: Nicola Roxon, Australia's Health Minister; Professor Anne Kelso director of the WHO collaborating centre in Melbourne

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