Source: Xinhua
04-27-2009 10:38
Special Report: Tech MaxGENEVA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's swine flu outbreak has the potential to turn into a worldwide pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday.
"It has pandemic potential because it is infecting people," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said at a teleconference. But she also said it was too early to say whether the flu will turn into such a pandemic or not.
"However, we cannot say on the basis of currently available laboratory, epidemiological, and clinical evidence whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic," she said.
Calling the swine flu a "serious situation," Chan warned that it must be monitored closely.
