The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5.
(Full text:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2009/h1n1_20090429/en/index.html)
WHO pandemic phase details are online at:
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/
Last night, the CDC posted updated Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Infection at http://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance_ems.htm
CDC H1N1 Info page: http://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/index.htm
US DOT’s EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption and Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: Recommendations for Protocol Development and 9-1-1 Personnel and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) are available online at http://www.ems.gov