WASHINGTON: The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent as the virus spread further and yielded its first death outside of Mexico.
"It really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic," said WHO Director General Margaret Chan.
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