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<blockquote data-quote="floridays" data-source="post: 4384681" data-attributes="member: 68849">Obama declares H1N1 emergencyOctober 26, 2009 8:47 a.m. EDTWashington (CNN) -- President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the &quot;rapid increase in illness&quot; from the H1N1 influenza virus.&quot;The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities,&quot; Obama said in a statement.&quot;Thus, in recognition of the continuing progression of the pandemic, and in further preparation as a nation, we are taking additional steps to facilitate our response.&quot;The president signed the declaration late Friday and announced it Saturday.Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/topics/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="floridays, post: 4384681, member: 68849"] [SIZE=6][B]Obama declares H1N1 emergency[/B][/SIZE] October 26, 2009 8:47 a.m. EDT [B]Washington (CNN) [/B]-- President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the "rapid increase in illness" from the H1N1 influenza virus. "The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities," Obama said in a statement. "Thus, in recognition of the continuing progression of the pandemic, and in further preparation as a nation, we are taking additional steps to facilitate our response." The president signed the declaration late Friday and announced it Saturday. Since the H1N1 flu pandemic began in April, millions of people in the United States have been infected, at least 20,000 have been hospitalized and more than 1,000 have died, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the [URL='https://www.cnn.com/topics/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention']Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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