Topic: Keiji Fukuda

Swine flu set to spread WHO warns

Swine flu will spread further across the world, the World Health Organisation warned, as the number of confirmed cases surged by more than 1,000 and Japan Saturday reported its first domestic infection.Acting WHO Assistant Director General Keiji Fukuda told reporters that studies ...

Swine flu set to spread, reported cases surge: WHO

Swine flu will spread further across the world, experts at the World Health Organisation warned Friday, as the number of confirmed cases surged by more than 1,000 and the US reported two more deaths.Acting WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda told reporters that ...

WHO needs time to evaluate swine flu vaccine

Scientists need more time to decide whether to mass produce a vaccine against swine flu, the World Health Organization said, as the number of cases topped 6,000 around the globe.Acting assistant WHO director-general Keiji Fukuda told journalists that a meeting of experts ...

WHO puts off decision on swine flu vaccine

The World Health Organisation said Thursday that scientists will need more time to decide whether to start mass production of vaccines against the swine flu virus.Acting assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda told journalists there have been " no big decisions" from a meeting ...

WHO defends pandemic alarm as swine flu spreads

The World Health Organization has defended its decision to raise the global pandemic alarm for swine flu as Cuba, Thailand and Finland confirmed their first cases of the virus.The global health body's acting Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda insisted the outbreak would have ...
WHO says up to 2 billion people might get swine flu if it moves to a pandemicUp to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic lasting two years, the World Health Organization ...

H1N1 Flu: Thursday Update

With the flu outbreak settling into a rather steady pattern of rising numbers of generally mild cases, the WHO's Keiji Fukuda (pictured) today brandished a big number to warn against complacency. He said a third of the people on the planet - ...

Mexico bounces back to life after swine flu

World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown.High schools and universities reopened in Mexico, the day ...

A third of world could get swine flu: WHO

The World Health Organisation on Thursday said that in a pandemic situation it was " reasonable" to estimate that a third of the world's population would catch the swine flu virus. "If you look at past pandemics, it would be a reasonable ...

Mexico shuts down public sites to fight swine flu

Mexico closed down virtually every public space in the capital, desperately trying to keep the lid on a swine flu outbreak that has sparked fears a deadly global pandemic is at hand.Even as the government revised down its confirmed death toll, other ...