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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Bird flu threat to World Cup Sat Mar 04 2006 18:25:32 ET FIFA and German authorities are considering cancelling the World Cup if a pandemic of bird flu breaks out in Europe, according to Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sau Paulo. "Hightening the paranoia, political figures in Germany and the president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, have confirmed that the World Cup, due to start in June, could be cancelled if the virus (H5N1) mutates and begins to infect the population," wrote the paper's Zurich correspondent, from the city where FIFA's headquarters are situated. "It would be normal for there to be no World Cup if the bird flu transforms into a pandemic," the paper quoted Blatter as saying. AFP reports: Cases of bird flu have been found all over Europe and the virus was recently detected in a cat in Germany, while more than 140 wild birds across the continent have been infected. Not everyone is getting carried away, however, as the paper goes on to quote German interiror minister Wolfgang Schauble as saying: "I cannot see any danger for the World Cup." A dozen cities in Germany will host games and more than 3 million visitors are expected to converge on the country during the month-long spectacular. |
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