Latest news in bio security from the UK indicates that there may have been a further leak of 'foot and mouth' disease from a government laboratory. This disease causes devastation amongst livestock and is proving extremely difficult to control once established amongst animal populations.Coincidentally, the UK health secretary has revealed plans to protect vulnerable people against an influenza outbreak this winter.
Pandemics such as bird flu can spread just as easily as foot and mouth and influenza and the potential effects can only be estimated at the moment.
You need to think about this - do you have business continuity plan for pandemics or even bio-terrorism attacks? Perhaps you should...
