WHO: Too early to declare end of H1N1 pandemic

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Too early to declare end of H1N1 pandemic, WHO says 4. December 2009

Though there are signs the H1N1 (swine flu) has peaked in the U.S. and Canada, a

WHO flu expert said Thursday it is too early to declare the pandemic over,

Canadian Press reports. " 'In the Northern Hemisphere, we continue to see an up

and down pattern by countries. And so what you see in one country is not

necessarily what you are seeing in another country,' Keiji Fukuda, special

adviser to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on pandemic influenza, said in a

teleconference briefing, " the news service writes. Fukada added that it was

difficult to predict what would happen with the virus in the springtime

(Branswell, 12/3)...

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