Doctors site the lack of awareness and medicine as the top reasons for concern and are quickly trying to design plans to fight a potential disaster that could claim millions of lives.
Strains of new viruses are currently spreading around the world including the the avian bird flu, the last 18 months in Southeast Asian poultry flocks, is rapidly spreading at a rate that is worrying health authorities.
Record numbers of the bird flu are now being reported in Australia as well as Russia at alarming numbers according to the World Health Organization.
Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott, predicts a massive outbreak within the next 12 months.
