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Posted: 21-May-2009 18:43 hrs
A visitor wears a face mask as he visits the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. A month after the world was alerted to a potential flu pandemic, the WHO was caught between the spread of the new swine flu virus to 41 countries and doubts fostered by its mild symptoms.
"She has taken that on board," WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said late Thursday, underlining that most of the cases in Japan were largely confined to students or their close entourage.
Chan acknowledged this week that the WHO's pandemic response plan, introduced three years ago, was largely designed around the more deadly and virulent, but less transmissible, H5N1 bird flu virus.
"This scale was based on geographical distribution, but the public belief is that pandemic means seriousness," said Sylvie Briand, acting director of the WHO's Global Influenza Program. — AFP
"She has taken that on board," WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said late Thursday, underlining that most of the cases in Japan were largely confined to students or their close entourage.
Chan acknowledged this week that the WHO's pandemic response plan, introduced three years ago, was largely designed around the more deadly and virulent, but less transmissible, H5N1 bird flu virus.
"This scale was based on geographical distribution, but the public belief is that pandemic means seriousness," said Sylvie Briand, acting director of the WHO's Global Influenza Program. — AFP
From TODAYOnline.com; see the source article here.
Posted: 21-May-2009 18:43 hrs
A visitor wears a face mask as he visits the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. A month after the world was alerted to a potential flu pandemic, the WHO was caught between the spread of the new swine flu virus to 41 countries and doubts fostered by its mild symptoms. "She has taken that on board," WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said late Thursday, underlining that most of the cases in Japan were largely confined to students or their close entourage.
Chan acknowledged this week that the WHO's pandemic response plan, introduced three years ago, was largely designed around the more deadly and virulent, but less transmissible, H5N1 bird flu virus.
"This scale was based on geographical distribution, but the public belief is that pandemic means seriousness," said Sylvie Briand, acting director of the WHO's Global Influenza Program. — AFP
"She has taken that on board," WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said late Thursday, underlining that most of the cases in Japan were largely confined to students or their close entourage.
Chan acknowledged this week that the WHO's pandemic response plan, introduced three years ago, was largely designed around the more deadly and virulent, but less transmissible, H5N1 bird flu virus.
"This scale was based on geographical distribution, but the public belief is that pandemic means seriousness," said Sylvie Briand, acting director of the WHO's Global Influenza Program. — AFP
From TODAYOnline.com; see the source article here.
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