Bird Flu: WHO presses for quicer bird flu report.

May 6, 10:29 PM EDT

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) -- Only half the world's human bird flu cases are being reported to the World Health Organization within two weeks of being detected - a response time that must be improved to avert a pandemic, a senior WHO official said Saturday.

Dr. Shigeru Omi, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, said it is estimated that countries would have only two to three weeks to stamp out, or at least slow, a pandemic flu strain after it began spreading in humans.
DANANG, Vietnam (AP) -- Only half the world's human bird flu cases are being reported to the World Health Organization within two weeks of being detected - a response time that must be improved to avert a pandemic, a senior WHO official said Saturday.

Dr. Shigeru Omi, WHO's regional director for the Western Pacific, said it is estimated that countries would have only two to three weeks to stamp out, or at least slow, a pandemic flu strain after it began spreading in humans.

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