The World Health Organisation is considering an overhaul of its pandemic rating system amid criticism that it provoked alarm by rapidly escalating its warnings over swine flu.
Officials at the agency's headquarters in Geneva said they were discussing changes to the six-point scale to make clear in the future the gravity of the threat posed by a new virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week remained on the verge of declaring a pandemic of the H1N1 swine-associated flu
virus. Public-health bodies and scientists have made progress in starting to understand the outbreak, but major questions remain about how severe the disease will get.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The flu outbreak in Mexico could knock as much as half a percentage point off the country's economic growth this year, the government said on Tuesday, as it promised tax relief and emergency financing to affected companies.
The State Government has constituted a State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) to combat the threat of influenza A (H1N1) infection, commonly known as swine influenza. Additional Director of the State Health Services Dr Girish Doley has been appointed nodal officer of the SRRT.
MEXICO CITY: Mexican officials have declared the influenza A(H1N1) epidemic to be waning, but medical experts worldwide say it is to early to make that call.
