"'In other parts of the world, we see that activity is declining or has declined but we also continue to see in these areas a transmission of the virus, so it is not disappeared, and it is has not gone back to baseline,' Fukuda said," the U.N. News Centre reports. Fukuda "add[ed] that it is still unclear whether another significant wave will occur in the northern hemisphere during its winter and spring period, or what will happen in the southern hemisphere during its winter months," according to the news service (1/14).

This article is republished with kind permission from our friends at The Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery of in-depth coverage of health policy developments, debates and discussions. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for Kaisernetwork, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2009 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.