Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

London - Scientists say Thursday that resistance to flu drugs has risen by 12 percent worldwide in the past decade, raising concerns for health officials trying to avert a pandemic

The World Health Organization continues its 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 Indonesian health minister warns Wednesday a bird flu outbreak that has already killed four people could quickly become an epidemic.

In an effort to combat the spread of the disease, agriculture officials announced plans for mass culls of chickens throughout infected areas

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