Britain preparing for massive exercise
December 5th, 2006
A massive exercise will be organized next month, preparing the nation for the danger of a possible bird flu outbreak. This will include parts of the country being sealed off and patrolled by the police. The operation bears the name “Winter Willow” and all emergency services are expected to actively take part in it, as well as town hall officials and government ministers. Emergency centres will be set up in certain areas and people will be prevented from entering the exclusion zones. The plan has been set up among growing concern that the disease could be mutated into a form easily passed on from person to person. Estimates say that up to 7 million Britons could fall victims to such a pandemic.