Flu experts available to comment on WHO's pandemic alert
Contact: Sarah Yang, Media Relations
(510) 643-7741
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11 June 2009
ATTENTION: Reporters covering the H1N1 (swine) flu
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MEMO TO THE MEDIA
UC Berkeley experts available for interviews regarding the swine flu pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it is declaring a pandemic of the H1N1 (swine) flu, the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. A number of experts from the University of California, Berkeley, are available for comment on this latest development, which came after news that the number of flu cases jumped to 27,737, including 141 deaths, in 74 countries.
The experts list can be found online at: https://newsarchive.berkeley.edu/news/extras/swineflu/.