10,000 INFECTED WITH SWINE FLU WORLDWIDE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
20.05.2009 23:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Swine flu cases worldwide soared past 10,000 on
Wednesday as health chiefs from around the world continued discussions
in Geneva on how best to fight the disease.

There are now 10,243 people who have been infected with swine flu
as confirmed by laboratories, said Fadela Chaib, a spokeswoman for
the World Health Organization. She said there have been 80 deaths,
mostly in Mexico.

The 413 newly confirmed cases come mostly from the United States and
Japan, Chaib said, Reuters reported.