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“Swine flu” name changed

“Swine flu” name changed
# 01 May 2009 11:19 (UTC +04:00)
Baku – APA. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today it has agreed with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) "to no longer refer to ’swine flu’ but instead to ’influenza A/H1N1’", APA reports quoting the UN press service. “There is no evidence that the new virus is circulating in pigs in Mexico or anywhere else and that pork consumption poses no increased risk of contracting the virus”, FAO experts said.
After the protests by some countries and meat producers, the World Helath Organization also declared that it changed the virus’s name to A/H1N1 instead of “swine flu”. The meat producers said the virus’s name confused the people and prevented them to buy pork, which creates serious financial problems for the producers.
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