January 27, 2010 10:34:41 Source: Xinhua
PARIS, January 26 (Xinhua Li Xue-mei) World Health Organization Assistant Director-General, influenza Keiji Fukuda, chief adviser on the 26th in Strasbourg, France, said influenza A H1N1 influenza virus is still spreading around the world, and he once again denied the WHO pharmaceutical companies affected by the rumors.
Keiji Fukuda, the European Commission in a hearing will be made the above remarks. He said the validation by experts, Influenza A H1N1 influenza is real, the current spread of the virus is still all over the world, the epidemic is not over yet.
Earlier, the European Commission under the Health Committee Chairman Wolf roots Woda Ge doubt, WHO and some experts exaggerated the influenza epidemic, pharmaceutical companies took the opportunity to expand vaccine production and make huge profits. The Commission has also launched an investigation into this.
Keiji Fukuda at the hearing strongly denied the speculation. He said the WHO did not violate the relevant regulations, pharmaceutical companies have not been around all the experts of the organization have been published before the individual stakeholders.
Last year, in June, the WHO expert group of scientists agreed that the influenza outbreak declared the time was ripe, the epidemic was finally made public the decision. These experts are from the eight most seriously affected by the influenza A selection of countries out of their personal power is very superior.
WHO, 25, issued a statement strongly rejected on the epidemic of influenza were false allegations, saying such a statement as "irresponsible" and stressed that the WHO's pandemic influenza policy and the response has not been the pharmaceutical industry undue influence.
According to WHO's latest news report that since the first time in April 2009 cases of human infection with influenza A has been more than 200 countries and territories reported a total of more than 14,000 cases of influenza deaths.
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