Homeland chief says US preparing for full
pandemic amid swine flu outbreak
Bureau News
April 27th, 2009
Homeland chief says US preparing for full pandemic
WASHINGTON \u2014 The head of the Homeland Security Department says the United States is
preparing as if the swine flu outbreak is a full pandemic.
Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters Monday that the World Health Organization is
operating at level three, with level six a full pandemic. She said officials at the WHO were
meeting Monday to consider whether to raise the level.
Napolitano said the U.S. is proceeding as if it were preparing for a full pandemic.
The disease started in Mexico and has spread to the United States and beyond, with 40 reported
cases in the U.S.
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