The World Health Organization has long warned the world of the advent of avian influenza. The disease has now spread from Southeast Asia to Europe. The WHO estimates that as many as 7 million people could die if a bird flu pandemic breaks out during next year's flu season between January and March 2006.
世界衛生組織（WHO）不斷預警的禽流感已經從東南亞蔓延到歐洲，WHO 預估，明（2006）年 1 到 3 月是禽流感全球性傳染的高危險期，一旦爆發疫情，全球死亡人數可能高達七百多萬人。