June 9th, 2009 | Comments Off
The Associated Press is reporting that the World Health Organization will most likely declare the swine flu / novel H1N1 outbreak a pandemic, alert level six, tomorrow. This will be about eight weeks into the outbreak, with WHO reporting cases in 73 nations.
Australia is cited as the determining factor. Its government reports the following:
9 June 2009: The total of confirmed H1N1 Influenza 09 cases in Australia as at 1500 AEST has risen to 1,211. Overnight … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Influenza, Medicine, Original writing, Pandemic, Politics, Reporting, Swine Flu
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Pandemic Flu Announcement to Come on Wednesday
June 9th, 2009 | Comments Off
The Associated Press is reporting that the World Health Organization will most likely declare the swine flu / novel H1N1 outbreak a pandemic, alert level six, tomorrow. This will be about eight weeks into the outbreak, with WHO reporting cases in 73 nations. Australia is cited as the determining factor. Its government reports the following: 9 June 2009: The total of confirmed H1N1 Influenza 09 cases in Australia as at 1500 AEST has risen to 1,211. Overnight … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Influenza, Medicine, Original writing, Pandemic, Politics, Reporting, Swine Flu