Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today convened a meeting to assess the situation regarding swine flu.  Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, Deputy Finance Minister Yitzhak Cohen, Prime Minister's Office Director-General Eyal Gabai, Health Ministry Director-General Avi Yisraeli and other senior officials also attended the meeting.
 
Health Ministry representatives briefed participants on the development of swine flu in the country and around the world, and on the methods for dealing with it.  The various ministry representatives emphasized the concerns regarding additional flu strains that are liable to break out around the world and discussed proposed methods for dealing with the most virulent strains.
 
Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to adopt the option of immediately ordering vaccines should a virulent strain break out in the future, in order to provide a rapid medical response in real time.
 
Prime Minister Netanyahu made it clear the State of Israel must look towards the future and prepare itself for all possible scenarios just as many other countries are doing.