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WHO Raises Swine Flu Alert to Highest Level

(The Wall Street Journal) UPDATED 2009-06-11
The World Health Organization has told its member nations it is declaring an H1N1 flu pandemic -- raising the pandemic alert level from phase 5 to 6 and marking the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. The move came Thursday as infections climbed in the U.S., Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. A Level 6 designation DOES NOT mean that the virus has become more dangerous or lethal.
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