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Published online 11 June 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.564
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Flu pandemic underway
Countries prepare for the long haul in combating novel H1N1 strain.
Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has officially declared the first global influenza pandemic in 41 years, for the A(H1N1) virus.
Whether the WHO decision will change much in practice remains to be seen, as the world has clearly been in a pandemic for weeks.
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