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Developments on Swine Flu Worldwide


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 10, 2009

Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and government officials:

--Deaths: Global total of 53 -- 48 in Mexico; three in the U.S.; one in Canada and one in Costa Rica. One of those who died in the U.S. was a toddler from Mexico. Officials said the Canadian, U.S. and Costa Rican victims also had other underlying medical conditions.

--Confirmed cases, according to WHO and CDC: more than 4,500 in 29 countries, including at least 1,626 in Mexico, at least 2,532 in the United States and 280 in Canada.

--Third U.S. death was a man in his 30s in Washington state, where health officials said he had underlying heart conditions.

--Japan reported its first four cases: a teacher and three students who had been on a high school trip to Canada. Australia reported its first confirmed case Saturday.

--WHO says up to 2 billion people could be infected by swine flu if outbreak turns into pandemic over months or years. But WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda says it's too early to tell how widespread or severe the outbreak will become.

--President Barack Obama sought to reassure Hispanics that swine flu won't lead to epidemic of discrimination in the United States just because Mexico has been the center of the outbreak.

--Mexico's U.N. envoy says nations need common rules for responding to flu outbreaks to prevent discrimination and unfair trade restrictions; says Mexicans unfairly singled out.

--High schools, universities, dance halls, movie theaters and bars have reopened across Mexico. Primary schools will reopen next week.

--CDC says only about 10 percent of Americans with swine flu are believed to have gotten it during trips to Mexico.