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With the World Health Organization (WHO) raising the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic alert from phase 3 to phase 4, on April 28 a Headquarters for New Influenza Control led by the Director General of the Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health was established within the Bureau based on the TMG Action Plan for Measures Against New Influenza Viruses and the Response Manual. The newly established headquarters requested a convening of the Crisis Management Council where Deputy Director General for Crisis Management Kotaro Shimada instructed all relevant bureaus and departments to have a fully prepared response system in place.