BRUSSELS, April 29 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization raised the pandemic threat level from swine flu one level to phase 5, a European Commission official said on Wednesday. "I have the disappointing news that the WHO has now raised the pandemic level up one notch," Robert Madelin, Director-General for Health and Consumer Policy at the European Commission, told a food industry meeting in Brussels. The level had been at phase 4. Phase 5 is the WHO's second highest level of warning that a pandemic, or global outbreak of a serious new illness, is imminent. (Reporting by Darren Ennis; Editing by Charles Dick)
Passengers wear protective masks at Mexico City's international Airport April 29, 2009. People wear surgical masks as they make their way to work in Mexico City April 29, 2009. A deadly ...
