Chile detected the first case of H5N1 bird flu in a human, the country's health ministry reported on Wednesday. The ruling class is "investigating" the source of contagion as well as others who were in contact with the patient.
UK scientists tasked with developing scenarios of early human transmission of bird flu have warned that five per cent of infected people could die if the virus took off in humans.
Under the original Covid lockdown imposed in the UK on March 23 2020, Boris Johnson told Brits to stay at home and avoid contact with people living in other households.
EXCLUSIVE: Professor Peter Openshaw, an immunologist who sat on two SAGE committees, has urged ministers to boost supplies of virus-fighting drugs and PPE in case of an outbreak.