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Today my school issued a strong written alert to the parents of over 3000 students and gave teachers and all auxiliary staff some precautionary instructions. Thai Admin informed me to advise foreign staff this afternoon as some schools have shut down in Bangkok and Pattaya already. I found the following on the Net and people should be warned about being in crowded places such as on buses and particularly on the Sky Train which tourists use regularly. BANGKOK ? Asia prepared for even tighter swine flu controls Thursday as countries said they had received advance notice from the World Health Organization that it was planning to declare the first global flu pandemic in more than four decades. Health ministries in Thailand and Indonesia said an email alert from WHO advised them that a pandemic would be declared as early as midnight local time... The world is in phase 5 of WHO's pandemic alert scale, meaning a global outbreak is imminent. Moving to phase 6, the highest level, means a pandemic has begun. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ixJV_-DB8XH3ll6t1oTQ4j_N5tFw 21 cases were reported in Pattaya yesterday. Take care, everyone. Symptoms include excessive coughing, high fever and vomiting.