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Article: Vietnam confirms first bird flu death in three months, as WHO urges countries to be ready for pandemic
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- November 8, 2005
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TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-08-2005
Dateline: HANOI, Vietnam
Vietnam, the country worst hit by bird flu, confirmed its first human death in three months, as the World Health Organization warned governments to be ready for when _ not if _ a deadly pandemic arrives that could kill millions and cost the global economy US$800 billion (euro677 billion) in a single year.
In China, the Swiss maker of Tamiflu said it had stopped selling the antiviral drug in the country and was turning over supplies to the Ministry of Health as officials were ordered to prepare to treat possible human cases of bird flu.
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