We have heard that the World Health Organisation is meeting in Geneva today to discuss raising the alert of Swine Flu from Level 5 to Level 6. A Level 6 alert means that the speard of the swine flu virus has reached pandemic levels. This should not be interpreted as meaning that the severity of the virus has increased, it merely relates to the spread of the infection.
We have seen a number of people approach us today for a prescription for Tamiflu and Relenza. We have Tamiflu in stock but we are still out of Relenza unfortunately.
People should not panic if the WHO raises the alert level as the Government has made substantial provisions to deal with any threat from the swine flu virus.