Types of Risk

Pandemics

A pandemic occurs when a new flu virus, which people have no immunity to, emerges and starts spreading as easily as normal flu. Unlike seasonal flu, pandemic influenza can affect anyone.

What is seasonal flu?

What is pandemic flu?

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