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Despite new bird flu cases, no evidence so far of easy spread in humans – UN

30 March 2005
Despite three more human cases of bird flu in Viet Nam, bringing the total there since mid-December to 28, there is currently no evidence that the virus is spreading easily from person to person, according to the United Nations health agency’s latest update on a disease that in a worst-case scenario could kill tens of millions people worldwide.

UN health agency offers aid to DPR of Korea in bird flu epidemic

29 March 2005
The United Nations health agency has offered assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in preparing a response to an epidemic of bird flu among chickens.
Avian Influenza

Fast probe of bird flu cases vital to prevent human pandemic, says UN agency

14 March 2005
With Viet Nam confirming 10 more human cases of bird flu, bringing the total since mid-December to 24, 13 of them fatal, the United Nations health agency is stressing the critical need for full information to assess of the risks of a pandemic that in a worst-case scenario could claim tens of millions of lives worldwide.

UN health agency gathers data on new human bird flu cases in Viet Nam

8 March 2005
With Viet Nam confirming four more human cases of bird flu, the United Nations health agency is gathering as much data as possible on each new case in efforts to pre-empt a human pandemic that in a worst case scenario could claim tens of millions of lives worldwide.