Commons updated on swine flu
12 June 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, updated the Commons on swine flu telling MPs that the World Health Organisation had raised its pandemic alert status to phase 6 and explaining the criteria for making this declaration, based on the geographic spread of the virus and not its severity.
- Commons Hansard: Swine flu update
- Audio and video: Swine flu update
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
- Topical issues: Communicable diseases:swine flu
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