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The New York Times is referring to the swine flu as a 'pandemic' - what is the dictionary definition of a 'pandemic'?
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Pandemic means " A disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent or whole world." It also means "A disease that is easily transmissible by humans or animals."
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Current situation - World Health Organization raises Pandemic Level to Level 6. From WHO news conference 11 June 2009: "On the basis of available evidence and these expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met. I have therefore decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from Phase 5 to Phase 6.
The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic." The transcripts of the Press Conference can be read or videos watched at the WHO site: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/influenzaAH1N1_presstranscript_20090611.pdf It is important to note that this does not indicate an increase in the severity, just that the criteria for Phase 6 regarding the spread of the Novel H1N1 Influenza have been met. This puts in to place additional steps by WHO and Nations' plans for control and prevention in such a widespread situation of pandemic.
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