WHO Will Immediately Announce A Swine Flu Pandemic

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Geneva - World Health Organization (WHO) will soon announce the possibility of flu H1N1 pandemic (swine flu). This is because the swine flu cases spring surprise that in Australia.

If the pandemic be applied, this will be a pandemic flu within the first 41 years.

Keiji Fukuda,the Deputy Director General of WHO’s said about his concern over continued spread of flu virus H1N1. Even in Australia the number of cases jumped to more than 1,000 cases on Monday, June 8 ago.

“The situation really developed the last few days wide. We have at this time very close to see if we in the pandemic situation, or I think, that we announced in a pandemic situation,” said Fukuda in the area of Geneva dilansir such as Reuters, Wednesday (10 / 6 / 2009).

Emphasized Fukuda, WHO would like to avoid the “side effects” if the government announced a swine flu pandemic. Fukuda said, people may be panic, or the government could take actions that are not necessary if WHO announce swine flu pandemic.

Currently, at least 26,563 cases of swine flu were reported in 73 countries, including 140 deaths. Highest number of deaths occurred in Mexico with more than 100 deaths. However, most reported number of cases in the U.S. that up to now has reached more than 13 thousand cases.

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