25 More Countries report swine flu cases

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 4:46 pm

25 More Countries report swine flu cases BERLIN: 25 countries with suspected cases of swine flu, including 11 EU member states, the Public Health Regulation Division reported. A total of 1,911 cases under investigation have been reported, according to the latest official reports.

Germany is the third country in Europe to diagnose the disease after cases were found in Britain and Spain earlier this week.

Spain confirms first case in Europe. New Zealand announced three swine flu cases on Wednesday, taking the country’s total of probable and confided infections to 14.

Officials said another 42 possible cases were being investigated and that 179 people were in isolation. There are 91 suspected cases in Australia.

So far the only deaths from swine flu have been recorded in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, where 159 people are believed to have died from the virus.

There have also been 65 confirmed cases in the United States, one in Costa Rica, two in Spain, two in Britain, 13 in Canada and two in Israel.

Nations with suspected infections are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Hong Kong , Indonesia, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand.

Many countries have banned port imports including Russia, Croatia and China.

The World Organisation for Animal Health says the virus is a mix of avian, swine and human viruses and has not been isolated in animals yet.