This fall, Wall Street and the U.S. Department of Treasury organized an international “avian flu outbreak” simulation. The drill – which lasted for three weeks and started in early October – took 1,800 companies through scenarios which simulated what would happen to them if a massive outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu struck trading floors on Wall Street, or on the bourses of Singapore and other, emerging markets.



Results of the simulation will be reported publicly in the coming weeks, experts tell Infection Protection. “If a pandemic flu hits, there could be a most significant impact on global financial markets,” says Dr. Myles Druckman.