The World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing their warnings on the possibility of a major pandemic following the uncontrolled spread of the bird flu.

"While we still have a window of opportunity, we must do everything we can to avert an influenza pandemic, as we simultaneously prepare for a worse-case scenario," says Shigeru Omi, the WHO`s regional director for the Western Pacific

The World Health Organization's Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Dr. Shigeru Omi is calling for an all out war on the deadly avian influenza and warns of the threat of new emerging diseases.

Dr. Omi says, "While we still have a window of opportunity, we must do everything we can to avert an influenza pandemic as we simultaneously prepare for a worse-case scenario. Avian influenza and the earlier outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are not the only emerging diseases we can expect to confront in this new century

Indonesia's health minister says Sunday they are investigating a possible human case of bird flu after a 37-year-old woman dies showing symptoms of the disease.

If confirmed, this would be Indonesia's fourth human fatality from avian influenza. In July, Indonesia became the fourth Asian country to record human cases after a man and his two daughters died following contraction of the H5N1 strain of the virus

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) worries that pet fairs could bring the bird flu into Britain and spread it across the country, according to a BBC report.

Authorities continue to emphasize that the risk of an Avian pandemic is low, Dutch farmers have been ordered to keep poultry locked up inside, British doctors have been briefed on a nightmare scenario of a human pandemic and France is stockpiling drugs to protect its population

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) worries that pet fairs could bring the bird flu into Britain and spread it across the country, according to a BBC report.

Authorities continue to emphasize that the risk of an Avian pandemic is low, Dutch farmers have been ordered to keep poultry locked up inside, British doctors have been briefed on a nightmare scenario of a human pandemic and France is stockpiling drugs to protect its population