Japan announced plans to combat bird flu in humans

Japan has just announced a plan to deal with bird flu in the event of an outbreak. Under this plan, a pandemic could do 170,000 to 640,000 Japanese deaths, and between 530,000 and 2 million people could be hospitalized.

Under the plan, the country will set up a headquarters to deal with the problem if the pandemic breaks out and allows the Ministry of Health to announce a state of emergency. With this situation, Japan has the right to close schools and enforce hospital admissions and ban people from gathering.

The plan to divide the disease into six stages, from the regular flu pandemic to the world pandemic that the current situation - when the disease spreads from poultry to humans - is entering the third stage. In response to the epidemic, Japan will increase its reserve of Tamilflu enough for 25 million people to treat it in five days, instead of three days as previously targeted.

Meanwhile, another report by Dai Ichi Life Research said that if an outbreak of bird flu, lasting for a year, could reduce Japan's GDP to 1.4 trillion yen, or about 11.9. billion USD, or O, 29% of GDP.

LIQUOR (According to Reuters)