Well, that should wipe the pandemic out ...
The Sun, 23 Feb 2006

JOHANNESBURG: Zambia has budgeted just over US$4,000 (RM14,880) to fight bird flu this year, outraging local media commentators who said the funds were too little to combat the deadly H5N1 strain that reached Africa earlier this month.

A Treasury official said the government had set aside 20 million kwacha (RM16,122) in its 2006 state budget for the health ministry to tackle a possible pandemic.

The privately owned newspaper The Post said the sum was less than the 70 million kwacha allocated to wrestling, a sport with little appeal in Zambia.

"We need to pay special attention when it comes to improving our preparedness for a pandemic," the Post said in an editorial. ­ Reuters