CDC Fears US Deaths From Swine Flu as WHO Issues Warning

Following the warning issued by by the UN Agency World Health Organization (WHO) reports of swine flu infections keep turning up from more and more countries. The flu has killed a reported 81 people in Mexico. In the neighbouring US a spokesperson for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal agency responsible for countering communicable diseases, Dr Anne Schuchat said in response to a question about deaths from swine flu in the US, "I do fear that we will have deaths here". Audio: CDC Podcast on Swine Flu

Cases of swine flu have been reported from New Zealand, France, Spain, Israel and Australia. UK Health officals also expect to have to deal with cases of swine flu in the near future.