WHO Alert Raised to Phase 5 for Swine Flu (H1N1)
A Phase 5 alert is a “strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short.”
Q&A On Swine Flu from the BBC
Symptoms usually similar to seasonal flu
- but deaths recorded in Mexico
- It is a new version of the H1N1 strain which caused the 1918 flu pandemic
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