A/H1N1
All countries will need vaccine for ‘unstoppable’ A(H1N1) virus
July 14, 2009The highest body of experts advising the United Nations health agency on immunizations has determined that all countries will need to have vaccines for the influenza A(H1N1) infection, noting that the spread of the pandemic is “unstoppable.&rdquo...
Health Officials in US Monitor Spread of A-H1N1 Swine Flu Virus
June 13, 2009By Chris Simkins The new A-H1N1 swine flu virus continues to spread worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus has sickened nearly 28,000 people in 74 countries and has killed at least 141. Most of the deaths have been in Mexico...
June 11, 2009A pandemic is an outbreak of illness that expands to different parts of the world. Officials at the World Health Organization declared an A-H1N1 swine influenza pandemic as the number of infections has grown and spread across continents. According to...
Ban stresses preparedness as UN declares global flu pandemic
June 11, 2009Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today cautioned against undue alarm while stressing the need for preparedness, as the United Nations health agency announced that the world is experiencing an influenza pandemic caused by the new A(H1N1) virus. Earlier today...
BBC: WHO declares swine flu pandemic
June 11, 2009The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting. It means the swine flu virus is spreading in at least two regions of the world with rising cases being seen in the UK, Australia, Japan and Chile...
VOA: WHO Declares Influenza Pandemic
June 11, 2009The World Health Organization has declared an influenza pandemic for the first time in more than 40 years, as the H1N1 swine flu continues to spread worldwide. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the announcement Thursday in Geneva, following an...
Moldovan woman noticed with swine flu in Cyprus
June 02, 2009A 39-year-old woman from Republic of Moldova was noticed with the swine flu virus at the entrance in Cyprus. According to the authorities from this country, this case is the first of this kind noticed in this context. The woman came back from...
Swine flu case registered in Romania, Moldova free from A-H1N1
May 28, 2009A case of swine flu was registered in Romania, while no suspected case was registered in the Republic of Moldova yet. A woman that has recently arrived form the USA was found the new flu virus A-H1N1. After one-day stay in Romania, she felt sick,...
A-H1N1: WHO Chief Resists Calls to Declare Influenza Pandemic
May 22, 2009The director-general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, has closed the agency's annual conference with a warning that nations must remain vigilant and be prepared for a possible swine influenza A-H1N1 virus pandemic. She intimated that she...
Russia's first swine flu victim
May 22, 2009A man said earlier on Friday to be the first person in Russia to contract the swine flu virus has told RIA Novosti that he "feels fine." Russia's Health Ministry announced earlier in the day that the first case of human swine flu had been diagnosed...
