The Swine influenza (pig flu) virus must be taken seriously and it has been confirmed that the origin is probably from pigs. "These are viruses that usually infect pigs but in this case we're finding the illness in people. " said Glen Nowak from the CDC.
The CDC has informed that Five cases in the United States, meanwhile, several people have died in Mexico on what seems to be the spread of an inter-species jump of influenza from pigs to humans.
Statistics:
Mexico 4298, 60 dead
United States 2446, 3 dead
Canada 449, 1 deths
Costa Rica 8 cases, 1 dead
New Zealand 7
United Kingdom 71
Israel 7
Spain 100
Germany 12
Austria 1
Switzerland 1
Netherlands 3
China 4
Denmark 1
France 14
South Korea 3
Portugal 1
Italy 9
El Salvador 4
Colombia 10
Sweden 2
Guatemala 3
Ireland 1
Brazil 8
Japan 4
Panama 40
Poland 1
Australia 1
Argentina 1
Norway 2
Cuba 3
Finland 2
Thailand 2
Belgium 1
Updated May-16-09 @ 3:30 AM ET
