2009/06/11: The World Health Organization is holding an emergency meeting this morning and will likely declare the world's first flu pandemic in 41 years, as H1N1 infections climbed around the world, including in Canada.
It is expected the United Nations agency will move the flu pandemic level to Phase 6, the WHO's highest alert level, meaning a pandemic is under way. The announcement would not mean the virus is causing worse illness. It would simply reflect the fact that the disease, widely known as swine flu, is spreading geographically.