IN THE past week, country after country has admitted that millions of birds and a few people have succumbed to bird flu, and it has become clear that we are facing the worst ever outbreak of the disease.
So how have things got so out of control? After strenuous denials, Indonesia has admitted the H5N1 virus has been spreading there since August. Thailand admits it had it in November. China says the disease was first detected this week.
In fact, the outbreak began as early as the first half of 2003, probably in China, health experts have told Â鶹´«Ã½.…
