Lithuania estimates swine flu epidemic may cost 4% of GDP
19.11.2009, 11:30
School closures because of flu epidemic, overcrowded medical facilities, vaccines - these is only the tip of the iceberg, writes Verslo Zinios.
The paper writes that the worst case scenario is that epidemic-related costs could amount to 4% of GDP.
By the worst case scenario, business would also bear the cost and could be obliged to assist, for instance, hotels could be transformed into hospitals, taxis into ambulances, etc.
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