According to CDC and WHO, there are now 567 confirmed cases worldwide of H1N1 swine flu: Mexico 343, US 149, Canada 35, Spain 13, Britain 10, Germany 4, New Zealand 4, israel 2, France 2, Switzerland 1, Austria 1, China 1, Denmark 1 and Netherlands 1. There have been 15 confirmed deaths in Mexico and 1 confirmed in the US from the swine flu virus.
The CDC, Centers for Disease Control, have stated that the current form of the swine flu virus lacks the same kind of traits as the deadly pandemic strain of the 1918 one.
400 schools across the US, 300 of which are located in Texas, have closed due to the swine flu outbreak.
The WHO s now naming this new strain of the swine flu virus as H1N1 influenza A because of the confusion about whether there is any danger presented from pigs.
President Obama, in a Cabinet meeting attended about the issue said that he is "optimistic that we're going to be able to manage this effectively."
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