Tuesday
17 January 2006
19:00 - 20:30
Countries are banning the importation of live poultry, ordering in large quantities of antiviral drugs and culling flocks of birds. Some are even ordering in large quantities of face masks for their population. The reason?
H5N1, is a form of avian flu, or, as it's been labelled, bird flu'. With over 100 deaths from the virus worldwide, should we be in fear of a global outbreak of bird flu?
Do flocks of birds travelling the world carrying the virus pose a threat to human health? What are the consequences for the UK if bird flu turns into a human-to-human transmissible disease? And are we prepared for it?
Join us to separate the facts from the fiction.
Find out more about avian flu from the Science Museum's Antenna team