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From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:00:19 -0400
Subject: UN NOTCHES UP SWINE FLU PANDEMIC ALERT TO LEVEL 5
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UN NOTCHES UP SWINE FLU PANDEMIC ALERT TO LEVEL 5
New York, Apr 29 2009 6:00PM
Seeing the swine flu virus spread within a raft of countries, the
United Nations health agency today raised the international alert to
Phase 5 on a six-point scale, signalling an imminent pandemic and
urging all countries to intensify preparations.

"This change to a higher alert is a signal to Governments, to
ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical and
the business communities, that certain actions now should be
undertaken with extreme urgency," Margaret Chan, Director-General of
the World Health Organization
(<"http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html">WHO) said in
announcing the move during a teleconference with the world press.

"All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic
surveillance plans," she said, calling on all to remain on high alert
for clusters of influenza-like illness and pneumonia. Early detection
and treatment of cases, and infection controls in all health
facilities were also critical, she said.

Alert Phase 5 meant that sustained human to human transmission had
been confirmed, with widespread community outbreaks, in at least two
regions, she said.

International cooperation was particularly important she maintained,
warning that the H1N1 influenza virus has shown its "capacity to
spread rapidly to every country in the world."

She added that she had reached out to donor countries and
international organizations to mobilize resources, particularly for
developing countries which are usually more vulnerable to the
deadliest effects of pandemics.

Fortunately, she said the world is better prepared for an influenza
pandemic than any time in history, due to the substantial investments
made to prepare for the H5N1 virus, or avian flu. "For the first time
in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time,"
she said.

She thanked countries, particularly the United States, Canada and
Mexico, for their strong cooperation with WHO since the outbreak
became evident.

"New diseases, by definition, are poorly understood, and WHO and
health authorities will not have all the answers immediately," she
acknowledged, while vowing, "But we will get them."

The agency, she pledged, would continue tracking the virus at the
epidemiological, clinical and biological levels, and make their
information public as soon as it is analyzed.

In an earlier teleconference today, WHO Assistant Director-General
Keiji Fukuda said that there has been an increase in lab-confirmed
cases – from 79 yesterday to 114 – been reported in Canada, the US,
Mexico, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

"It's clear that the virus is spreading, and we don't see any evidence
of it slowing down at this point," Mr. Fukuda said
He said that while preliminary results showed that the virus did
originate in pigs, he stressed that there is no evidence that people
are now getting sick from pigs or pork products.

He emphasized that experts are continuing to study the situation and
that there are still unanswered questions – for example, it is
currently unclear whether people, upon becoming infected, will develop
mild or severe illness.

Yesterday, Mr. Fukuda said that WHO is working to facilitate the
process needed to develop a vaccine effective against the swine flu
virus, which the agency noted could take around 4 to 6 months, plus
more months to build up substantial stocks.

Meanwhile, today at the Security Council, which is holding an open
debate on the situation of children caught up in armed conflict,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his call for international
unity on the swine flu outbreak.

"This really requires the whole international community's cooperation,
and I count on the leadership and commitment of not only the Council
member States, but the whole international community," he said.
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