Swine influenza (also swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu refers to influenza caused by any strain of the influenza virus in (swine). WHO official says world edging towards pandemic GENEVA - The spread of H1N1 flu in Australia, Britain, Chile, Japan and Spain has nudged the world closer to a pandemic, the World Health Organisation said swine flu more

USA: In response to an intensifying outbreak of swine flu in the United States and internationally caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level for swine flu to Phase 5 on April 29, 2009. A Phase 5 alert is a “strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short.” The United States Government has declared a public swine flu health emergency.

UK: With the UK confirming cases of swine flu and the World Health Organization raising its alert level from three to four, how serious a threat does swine flu pose to us all?  WHO says the swine flu virus, which has killed an estimated 150 people in Mexico, is showing a "sustained ability" to pass from human to human and is able to cause community-level outbreaks.

"We might expect up to 30-40% of the population to become ill in the next six months if this truly turns into a pandemic"
Professor Ferguson

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