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June 4, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The bureaucrats of the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared that the menace of the H1N1 flu is not yet over subsequent to a reassessment of the flu outbreak that has punched the global community.

The members of the WHO emergency committee, 15 of them being external consultants, have emphasized that it is vital for the international community to be attentive regarding the virulent disease. Steps for the betterment of public wellbeing must still be implemented in order to prevent the emergence of the disease.

The H1N1 flu, colloquially referred to as ‘swine flu’, is a subtype of the influenza A virus, and was most rampant in 2009. The virus was responsible for a tiny portion of influenza-like illness and seasonal influenza in 2004 and 2005. The symptoms of the virus are akin to influenza such as fever, aching throat, muscle pains, harsh headache, coughing and physical feebleness.

The WHO had proclaimed H1N1 as a universal epidemic in June 2009, with H1N1 having been culpable for approximately 17,000 deaths till the commencement of 2010. American President, Barack Obama, had pronounced H1N1 to be a national crisis in October 2009.

An examination perpetrated with the University of Michigan in mid-2009 divulged that the H1NI flu could produce pulmonary embolism, the ramification of which can be death. An obstruction might be generated in the chief artery of the lung or its branches. The flu has been placed at the highest level of 6 on the epidemic scale since June 2009.

The virus is regarded as being in force potently in the Caribbean islands and in Southeast Asia. The WHO has declared that the expecting women, young children and those with respiratory difficulties are highly susceptible to being seized by the H1N1 flu. These individuals must continue to undergo immunization.