H1N1 Swine Flu Officially a Pandemic
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on June 11th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of The World Health Organization, in a statement to the press, announced that H1N1 (swine flu) now meets the criteria of a pandemic, raising the alert level from phase five to phase six.
As of this writing, 30,000 cases have been confirmed in 74 countries. The H1N1 strain in a new virus — not previously circulated in humans — and further spread is considered inevitable.
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