H1N1 is a National Emergency- Obama Declares

Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Turbo in Buzz

US President, Barack Obama declared swine flu or H1N1 as the National Emergency. According to a statement from White House, Obama signed the declaration. This move will be to assist the nation for better preparedness in case there is an increasing spread of the H1N1 virus infection across US.

World Health Organization had already declared swine flu or H1N1 as pandemic. According to reports about 1000 succumbed to the virus in US and 46 states reported infection. The declaration comes in the wake of fear that the H1N1 virus might spread faster in the winter months. The virus claimed more than 5000 reported deaths across the world and more than 400k people were tested positive so far.