As of yesterday, the pandemic influenza alert level has gone from phase 3 to phase 4 on a scale of 6.
This decision by the management of the World Health Organization (WHO) was taken following the advice of the emergency committee which “examined the available data on confirmed outbreaks of swine flu due to the A / H1N1 virus in the States. United of America, Mexico and Canada, “says the WHO.
This opinion of the Committee was also taken in the light of “information indicating a possible spread to other countries”. In Mexico, however, for the first time on Monday evening, the authorities indicated that the rate of death tended to slow.
A level of alert that could go up a notch if the United States brought the final confirmation of cases on their territory, indicates espress.fr. Level 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent (the disease then has outbreaks in more than two countries in the same region).
