AP

The U.N. health agency was deluged with inquiries after Dr. David Nabarro — named Thursday as the U.N. coordinator for avian and human influenza — cited the number during a news conference at the U.N.'s New York headquarters.

While WHO's flu spokesman at the agency's Geneva headquarters did not say the 150 million prediction was wrong, he emphasized that 7.4 million deaths is a more realistic estimate.

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