With the number of confirmed fatalities rising and a mortality rate of over 50%, the current avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa has gained worldwide publicity.
As health officials increase warnings of an imminent global flu pandemic, with casualty figures in the millions, companies are realising the necessity of factoring such an event into their business continuity and crisis management planning now, rather than waiting for evidence of a pandemic to emerge.
Control Risks' Pandemic Management Preparation report provides an overview of the current situation, explains how the a pandemic evolves and examines the business impact a pandemic might have.
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Based on historical patterns, flu pandemics can be expected to occur, on average, three to four times each century, when new virus subtypes emerge and are readily transmitted from person to person.
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