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WHO raises tally of flu cases
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Source: CCTV.com | 05-03-2009 09:28
Special Report: World tackles A/H1N1 fluThe World Health Organization or WHO has raised its tally of confirmed human cases of A/H1N1 flu to 615 from 365 and, expects the alert level to reach phase six, the maximum.
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Michael Ryan, WHO Director of Global Alert and Response of the World Health Organization (WHO), looks on prior to a press conference about the A H1N1 Flu at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 2, 2009. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Martial Trezzini) |
So far, there have been 17 confirmed deaths worldwide.
The World Health Organization's alert level remains at phase five of six, meaning a global outbreak is imminent.
The WHO says it has sent 2.4 million treatments of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu to 72 developing countries. So far, 15 countries have now reported laboratory-confirmed cases.