My Pandemic Plan

By Shirley S. Wang

July 16, 2009

The World Health Organization says it’s going to stop counting cases of the new H1N1 flu, according to a note posted on its website.

The virus is spreading with “unprecedented speed”, wrote the WHO. “At this point, further spread of the pandemic, within affected countries and to new countries, is considered inevitable.”

But countries need to continue to closely monitor “unusual events” like clusters of severe virus infections or unusual patterns of these serious cases. These signals might come from noticing an increase in the number of people staying home from work or school, or by an increase in emergency room visits.

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