Developments on swine flu worldwide
By The Associated Press – 27 minutes ago
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
_Deaths: Global total of 75 — 68 in Mexico, five in U.S., one in Canada and one in Costa Rica. Officials said Canadian, U.S. and Costa Rican victims also had other medical conditions.
_Confirmed cases: WHO says 39 countries have reported more than 8,480 cases, mostly in U.S. and Mexico.
_CDC says 46 U.S. states plus District of Columbia have combined 4,714 confirmed and probable cases. Most probable cases are eventually confirmed.
_Japan said Sunday that its confirmed cases rose to 74, from just five cases one day earlier. Japan earlier confirmed its first case of swine flu caught within the country, showing that effort to block flu at its borders had failed.
_A New York City assistant school principal was hospitalized in critical condition with the virus. He worked at one of six schools that are closed for a week because of rash of suspected cases.
_Turkey's health officials said the virus was detected in a man and his mother who had traveled to Istanbul from the U.S.
On the Net:
* CDC: cdc.gov
* WHO: tinyurl.com |
