Developments on swine flu worldwide

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Developments on swine flu worldwide

By The Associated Press – 52 minutes ago

Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:

_Deaths: 168 in Mexico, 12 confirmed as swine flu and rest suspected. One

confirmed in U.S., a 23-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.

_Sickened: 2,955 suspected and 99 confirmed in Mexico. Confirmed elsewhere: 131

in U.S.; 19 in Canada; 13 in Spain; eight in Britain; three in Germany and in

New Zealand; two in Israel; one each in Switzerland, Austria and the

Netherlands.

_In U.S., CDC confirms 109 cases and state officials confirm 22 more. CDC

confirms: 50 in New York; 26 in Texas; 14 in California; 10 in South Carolina;

two each in Kansas and Massachusetts; and one each in Indiana, Ohio, Arizona,

Michigan and Nevada. State officials confirm five in New Jersey; four in

Delaware; three in Maine; three additional cases in Arizona; two additional

cases in California; two in Colorado; one additional case in Michigan; and one

each in Georgia and Minnesota.

_Several hundred schools close nationwide, with at least 200 in Texas and 62 in

Alabama, plus scattered closings in New York, California, South Carolina,

Connecticut, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona, Ohio, Utah, Washington

state, Michigan and Maine.

_The World Health Organization increases its tally of confirmed swine flu cases

around the world to 257 from 148.

_The World Health Organization says it will stop using the term " swine flu " to

avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. It will instead refer to the

virus by its scientific name, " H1N1 influenza A. "

_The Obama administration comes out against closing the U.S.-Mexico border. Vice

President Joe Biden says it would be " a monumental undertaking " with limited

benefit.

_Public health emergency declared in the United States and roughly 12 million

doses of Tamiflu from federal stockpile to be delivered to states.

_Texas Gov. Rick issues disaster declaration, and state suspends all high

school sports competitions until May 11. Texas school closings affect 130,000

children.

_Two leading U.S. makers of respiratory masks ramp up production to meet heavy

demand from pharmacies.

On the Net:

CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/