Doctor Fukuda, an acting assistant director-general, said the W.H.O.has been working with the member states to prepare for a pandemic.

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The W.H.O.has an influenza warning system in which phase six means that a pandemic is taking place.

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The World Health Organization will not declare an influenza pandemic unless a virus becomes widespread in at least two areas of the world.

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He says it will take more than a pandemic to keep him from making his trip.

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This declaration is meant to warn that the time to plan for a pandemic is short.

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W.H.O.Director-General Margaret Chan declared the sickness a pandemic a disease that has spread to many nations.

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But Doctor Fukuda said the public should understand what a pandemic means.

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Donaldson says Britain has been planning for a pandemic for about five years, after a scare with bird flu in 2003.

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Fukuda notes a pandemic has nothing to do with the severity of the disease, but rather with its geographic spread.

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Most of the developed world has gone through exercises to prepare their systems in the event of a pandemic.

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"It is quite possible with an influenza virus, a pandemic influenza virus that it gets worse over time.

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Late last April, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan warned that a pandemic was imminent and the time to prepare for it was short.

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But there was no plan for distributing a pandemic level vaccine in the U.S.or anywhere.

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On June 11th,she announced the WHO was raising it to a pandemic.

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But,she warns this progress is fragile. She says the momentum for health development could come to a grinding halt because of problems stemming from the food and financial crises, the changing climate and the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

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Chan says governments around the world are far more prepared to deal with a pandemic now than they were five years ago when the far more lethal She adds it is fortunate the current because the world is not prepared to deal with such a toxic and deadly virus.

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Phase six would mean a global pandemic.

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Pandemic experts explain a second wave does not necessarily entail any change in the composition of the virus.

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"It had a tremendous impact on children and adults with chronic medical conditions so it would be a mistake to characterize the pandemic as being mild."

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She says it is better to have a moderate pandemic with a large supply of vaccines, rather than a severe pandemic with inadequate supplies of vaccine.

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The WHO's Phase 5 threat warning signals that a global pandemic could be imminent, but has yet to develop, with human-to-human transmission occurring in many geographical locations.

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And she says while the world is right to be concerned about a possible flu pandemic, it should not let these worries overshadow or interrupt other vital health programs.

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that it was really a mild pandemic. Dr.Redd disagrees.

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Senior Red Cross Officer for Health in Emergencies,Tammam Aloudat, says countries in the Northern hemisphere have gone through the first wave of the Swine flu pandemic and now have to prepare for a second wave of the virus.

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"Just imagine,a severe pandemic coming at such a fragile time in a world where there are many people suffering from chronic diseases like heart disease, lung disease,including asthma, cancers,with many more people suffering from HIV, obesity and the list goes on,".

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To slow the spread of the virus and relieve the strain on the country's health system, the government has set up a national pandemic flu service, where people who suspect they're infected can get a diagnosis and prescription for antiviral drugs over the phone or Internet.

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Conference organizer, Dr.Greg Pappas of the American non-governmental organization,or NGO, called Interaction says that while it is too early to tell whether the current outbreak will turn into a global pandemic, poorer countries in particular need to be prepared for the day when one does hit.

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