Posted: 05 June 2009 2047 hrs
Commuters wearing masks as a precaution against the swine flu walk through a station in the morning rush hour in Kobe, western Japan
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation will on Friday consult its emergency flu committee of experts on whether the agency should declare a fully-fledged pandemic, a spokeswoman said.
"The emergency committee has been convened today from 2 to 3 pm," said Fadela Chaib, adding that the agenda of the committee, would be on the "severity of H1N1 and also to review international health-related measures."
The total number of H1N1 flu cases has soared to 21,939 and the WHO has so far held back from declaring a full-fledged H1N1 flu pandemic after raising its six-grade alert level to five at the end of April, signalling that a pandemic was imminent.
- AFP/vm
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
Commuters wearing masks as a precaution against the swine flu walk through a station in the morning rush hour in Kobe, western JapanGENEVA: The World Health Organisation will on Friday consult its emergency flu committee of experts on whether the agency should declare a fully-fledged pandemic, a spokeswoman said.
"The emergency committee has been convened today from 2 to 3 pm," said Fadela Chaib, adding that the agenda of the committee, would be on the "severity of H1N1 and also to review international health-related measures."
The total number of H1N1 flu cases has soared to 21,939 and the WHO has so far held back from declaring a full-fledged H1N1 flu pandemic after raising its six-grade alert level to five at the end of April, signalling that a pandemic was imminent.
- AFP/vm
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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