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The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the pandemic alert to level 6. What does this mean?

April 26, 2017Alert Health level mean organization Pandemic RAISED world

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the pandemic alert to level 6. What does this mean?

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Phase 6 is WHO’s highest alert level. It is the global pandemic stage which is characterized by community level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region in addition to the criteria defined in phase 5. Designation of this phase will indicate that a global pandemic is under way. More details on the WHO’s phases of pandemic alert are available on their website at http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.