WHO: World Edging Toward Pandemic Level 5, but that threshold may be crossed soon. H1N1 virus continues to affect mostly people below the age of 60, causing 117 deaths around the world. The new flu, a mixture of swine, bird and human viruses, remains most prevalent in the North American hemisphere, but has infected nearly 19,000 people in 64 countries. WHO consulted more than 30 public health experts from 23 countries on Monday about how to revamp its pandemic alert scale.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/who-world-edging-toward-pandemic-a-1513