Swine Flu Raised to Pandemic Level 5
April 29, 2009
Earlier today the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic level from Phase 4 to Phase 5 as the swine flu strain of influenza continued to spread. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO explained that Phase 5 is “characterized by human-to-human spreading of the virus into at least two countries in one region.” That means [...]
