A Hungarian laboratory worker prepares a test for a bird flu ...

8th Nov 2005, 17:15 GMT

(AFP/OEK/File) - A Hungarian laboratory worker prepares a test for a bird flu vaccine at the 'Bela Johan National Center for Epidmiology' (OEK) in Budapest. Klaus Stoehr -- coordinator at the WHO's Global Influenza Programme -- said slowing the spread of a flu pandemic at its earliest stages will buy vital time for making a vaccine that will save many lives.(AFP/OEK/File)