Its telecom joint venture unraveled in the wake of a telecom corruption scandal which led to the mass cancellation of 2G licences.

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Low interest rates, a mass cancellation of policies (which eats into cashflow) and a sinking stockmarket (which eats into unrealised gains on their equity portfolios), already mean that they are suffering a severe shortage of available funds.

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"In all of pandemic planning it has been recognized for some time that cancellation of mass gatherings is not an effective way to control influenza, " Gustafson said.

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