WHO raises swine flu alert level as virus spreads (AP)

April 29th, 2009 by admin

WHO raises swine flu alert level as virus spreads
(AP)

Tourists from Tokyo, Teluji Hanaoka, right, and his wife, Tsugiyo Hanaoka listen to Dr. Jonathan Fielding, not shown, director of public health for the county of Los Angeles, speaks about swine flu at the county hall of administration in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Swine flu fears led authorities to close a Northern California high school and quarantine a sick Marine at a Southern California base, while San Diego State University officials were investigating a student's illness.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP – The Geneva-based World Trade Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent. The move came after the virus spread to at least 10 U.S. states from coast to coast and swept deeper into Europe.

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