CDC: Swine Flu Positive For “Global Community”

You Tube
Friday, May 1, 2009

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday that the World Health Organization’s recent move to raise its alert level for a potential pandemic of the swine flu a positive development. On Wednesday, WHO raised its warning level to 5, with 6 signifying an actual global pandemic. “This is a good thing, it’s a wake-up call to the global community,” said the CDC’s Richard Besser. He added that the level 5 alert will push nations to “pull out their pandemic plans” and determine what resources they will need to deal with a pandemic.

Print this page.

Comment Rules

Comments are closed.