Information about H1N1 Influenza

WHO Declares Pandemic

The World Health Organization, declared an influenza pandemic on June 11, 2009, based on the worldwide spread of the new H1N1 influenza virus. This move to a Phase 6 level does not change the local situation or the current response, according to the London-Middlesex Health Unit website.

Locally, there have been a handful of confirmed cases of H1N1 and in all of these cases, the symptoms have been mild and patients have not needed to be hospitalized.

Good hand hygiene - washing your hands under running water and soap or with an alcohol-based hand-sanitizer - remains an important and regular practice against infection.

Public Health Agency of Canada website - Pandemic Declared:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/media/nr-rp/2009/2009_0611-eng.php

For more information:

Public Health - Middlesex Health Unit http://www.healthunit.com/default.aspx

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

World Health Organization http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

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Information about H1N1 Influenza

WHO Declares Pandemic