login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
WHO Emergency Panel to Determine If Swine Flu Pandemic is Over
"WHO will be asking the emergency committee to convene later this month to review the situation and provide the WHO with guidance on whether we are entering a post peak period," said Keiji Fukuda, Special Adviser to the WHO Director-General on Pandemic Influenza.
"What we are hoping for is that the worst is behind us," Fukuda said during a telephone news briefing.
The A(H1N1) flu pandemic was generally tailing off in most parts of the world and appeared to be entering a transitional period, according to the UN health agency.
However, Fukuda cautioned that there could be no abrupt end to the pandemic alert triggered last year.
"We may be seeing a general decline in pandemic activity but the pandemic itself has not yet run its full course," he added
Swine flu would continue at various levels around the world in the immediate future, and some areas should expect a localised upsurge, Fukuda said.
There were signs that swine flu was taking hold in West Africa.
"We're now seeing the first evidence of community transmission in Senegal," said Fukuda.
"I expect that if there are a number of severe cases like in other countries this will cause some stress on clinical facilities."
More than 15,000 people have died worldwide from the new A(H1N1) strain since it was uncovered in Mexico and the United States in April 2008, according to the WHO.
|
|
|
More News on: Emergency, Alarming Facts about Road Traffic Accidents, Swine Flu, Road Traffic Accidents and Road Safety, Women More Prone to Road Rage
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
|
|
- News Quick Links
 |
Swine Flu
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Scientists See Potential in New Leukemia Treatment |
| » | Cardio-Pulmonary Function can be a Strong Indicator for Survival Chances of Breast Cancer Patients |
| » | Post Surgery Will the Tumour Return? New Breast Cancer Test to Predict Exactly |
| » | Scientists Develop Compound That Triggers Cancer Cell Death |
| » | Iraqi National Hopes to Find Affordable Treatment for His Cancer in India |
| More Cancer News | |
|
