Economic costs of a flu pandemic

However, health experts have long warned that the next pandemic was overdue and urged to prepare for the dramatic economic impact of such a .

* The estimated in 2008 that a pandemic could cost $3
trillion and result in a nearly 5 percent drop in world gross domestic
product. The has estimated that more than 70 million people
could die worldwide in a severe pandemic.

* Australian think- Lowy Institute for International
Policy estimated in 2006 that in the worst-case scenario, a
pandemic could wipe $4.4 trillion off global .

Source/Full Story:: Reuters

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