Influenza pandemic alert raised to phase 6
11 June 2009 -- On the basis of available evidence and expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. The Director-General of WHO has therefore decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6. "The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic," she said at a press conference today.
Read Dr Chan's statement to the press
D.O.H. Philippines
Statement of Secretary Francisco T. Duque III, MD, MSc on the WHO Declaration of Pandemic Alert Level 6
On June 11, 2009, Director-General Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization declared that the “world is now at the start of the 2009 Influenza pandemic ” after raising the Pandemic Alert Level for the novel Influenza A virus from Level 5 to Level 6.
