World health officials gather in Mexico for global A(H1N1) summit

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

While stressing that most A(H1N1) cases so far have been mild, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan warned that the new influenza strain colloquially referred to as “swine flu” is “unstoppable“. Chan issued the warning during her opening remarks of the two-day global A(H1N1) summit that started Thursday in Cancun, Mexico.

Here’s a link to Chan’s speech which I got from the WHO News Twitter account.

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