(CNN) -- The global H1N1 pandemic is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization said Tuesday. "We are moving out of the pandemic into the post-pandemic period," said Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO. Chan said that while several countries -- including India and New Zealand -- are still experiencing significant H1N1 flu transmission, out-of-season flu outbreaks are no longer being reported in the northern or southern hemispheres. "This pandemic has turned out to have been much more fortunate than what we feared a little over a year ago," Chan told reporters in a news conference Tuesday.
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World Health Organization chief says the global H1N1 pandemic is over
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Chan says out-of-season flu outbreaks are no longer being reported in the northern or southern hemispheres
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Several countries - including India and New Zealand - are still experiencing significant H1N1 flu transmission
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WHO said other flu viruses are circulating, making for a "typical" flu season
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So H1N1 is not gone, but as the @placeholder explains, the flu activity health officials are now seeing is typical seasonal flu activity.
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The CDC statement came after an emergency committee of the @placeholder said Tuesday the public health emergency triggered by the emergence of the H1N1 virus "should be considered over."