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Swine influenza: Statement by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR364.htm
Publisher: World Health Organization
Date Written: 27/04/2009
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
The WHO Director-General has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from the current phase 3 to phase 4.The change to a higher phase of pandemic alert indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased, but not that it is inevitable.
Abstract: The Emergency Committee, established in compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005), held its second meeting on 27 April 2009.
The Committee considered available data on confirmed outbreaks of A/H1N1 swine influenza in the United States of America, Mexico, and Canada. The Committee also considered reports of possible spread to additional countries.
On the advice of the Committee, the WHO Director-General decided on the following.
The Director-General has raised the leve...
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