WHO bows to criticism on swine flu, h1n1 alert
By Andrew Jack, Financial Times
Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s acting assistant director-general, confirmed that the agency would increase its assessment of the H1N1 swine flu virus alert to its highest level, dubbed phase six, only if there were signs of greater severity rather than its broader geographical spread.
His comment came even as the US sharply stepped up preparations for a pandemic by announcing that it would spend $1bn (€713m, £628m) on developing a vaccine to the virus while making clear it had not yet decided on its mass deployment.
The US had held back from criticising the WHO’s pandemic assessment scale, but other countries including the UK, Japan and China all called for a change in its ratings system to address public perceptions.
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