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WHO warns against the possible spread of bird flu across the Middle East
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CAIRO, Sept 12 (KUNA) -- The World Health Organization cautioned Tuesday against the spread of bird flu, which could decimate up to seven million people worldwide and between 120,00 and 750,000 in the Middle East alone if unchecked.
Participants in the 53rd session of the WHO's Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean area, who met in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Saturday, agreed on the need to "stand up at all cost to the threat of the spread of bird flu" in this part of the world, a statement by the WHO's Cairo office said.
The participants also agreed that Egypt was the most exposed country in the Middle East to the disease with 14 cases of bird flu deaths already reported in that country.
Nine new cases of bird flu had also been reported in various Egyptian provinces, the Egyptian National Bird Flu Committee said. (end) az.
Participants in the 53rd session of the WHO's Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean area, who met in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Saturday, agreed on the need to "stand up at all cost to the threat of the spread of bird flu" in this part of the world, a statement by the WHO's Cairo office said.
The participants also agreed that Egypt was the most exposed country in the Middle East to the disease with 14 cases of bird flu deaths already reported in that country.
Nine new cases of bird flu had also been reported in various Egyptian provinces, the Egyptian National Bird Flu Committee said. (end) az.