FYI all...

From: Tim Chaykowski, SGT
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:28 AM
To: S-2 Shop
Subject: WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level

WHO Raising Swine Flu Alert To Highest Level
It's First Global Flu Epidemic In 41 Years
BY FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press Writer

Posted: 10:26 am EDT June 10, 2009
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu<http://www.wsoctv.com/health/19712840/detail.html> pandemic -- the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.
The move came Thursday as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.
In a statement sent to member countries, WHO said it decided to raise the pandemic alert level from phase 5 to 6, meaning that a global outbreak of swine flu has begun. The decision was made after the U.N. health agency held an emergency meeting on swine flu with its experts.
Phase 6 is WHO's highest alert level and means that a swine flu pandemic<http://www.wsoctv.com/health/19712840/detail.html> is under way. The last pandemic -- the Hong Kong flu of 1968 -- killed about 1 million people. Ordinary flu kills about 250,000 to 500,000 people each year.
SLUG

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