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Bird flu could kill over 50,000 in Britain

Britain's chief medical official has warned that an outbreak of the potentially deadly strain of bird flu could kill in excess of 50,000 people in the country. Sir Liam Donaldson said that on average a winter flu would claim around 12,000 lives. However he said the existing vaccines would not be effective against a nation-wide bird flu pandemic. It comes after confirmation that the bird flu virus detected in ducks in Romania is the same strain that has killed more than 60 people in Asia. Over 20,000 birds have been culled in the two Romanian villages affected by the outbreak. The deadly H5N1 strain was also confirmed in poultry in western Turkey on Friday.