Swine flu pandemic declared by World Health Organization
The H1N1 virus is spreading in distinct regions of the globe. But the WHO says the pandemic is only 'moderate in severity' and cautions against overreaction by the public.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
June 11, 2009
The World Health Organization this morning acknowledged what many health experts have been saying for weeks: The outbreak of novel H1N1 virus is now a pandemic.
In a letter sent to its member countries, the WHO said it is officially raising its infectious diseases alert to Phase 6, its highest level, in recognition of the fact that the virus is now undergoing communitywide transmission in Australia as well as in North America. Such spread in two distinct regions of the world is the primary criterion for raising the alert level.
But the agency said that the pandemic is only "moderate in severity" and cautioned against overreactions to the increased alert level. the rest
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I thought the swine flu was already labeled a pandemic about a month ago. I thought it had died down. Maybe just in the U.S.
The flu has a way of evolving into deadlier more resistant strains, and that is what causes the most concern
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