Country by country spread of new flu strain

[pablomorgan]

April 30 (Reuters) - Dutch health authorities have confirmed
a first case of swine flu in the Netherlands in a three year-old
who had recently returned from Mexico, the health ministry said
on Thursday.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay
home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy,
after the World Health Organisation raised the official alert
level to phase 5, the last step before a pandemic.

Switzerland also announced its first confirmed cases on
Thursday, bringing to 12 the number of countries that have
reported cases of the new H1N1 strain.

Here are details of the latest number of cases:

COUNTRY DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES SUSPECTED CASES

MEXICO 176 49 2,500*

UNITED STATES 1 91 0

CANADA 0 19 0

SPAIN 0 10 87

BRITAIN 0 5 23

GERMANY 0 3 12

NEW ZEALAND 0 3 10

ISRAEL 0 2 0

PERU 0 1 3

AUSTRIA 0 1 2

SWITZERLAND 0 1 25

NETHERLANDS 0 1 0

AUSTRALIA 0 0 114

FRANCE 0 0 30

CHILE 0 0 26

BRAZIL 0 0 20

DENMARK 0 0 11

COLOMBIA 0 0 10

SOUTH KOREA 0 0 5

ARGENTINA 0 0 4

GUATEMALA 0 0 3

BRAZIL 0 0 2

COSTA RICA 0 0 2

EL SALVADOR 0 0 2

SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 2

FINLAND 0 0 1

NORWAY 0 0 1

PERU 0 0 1

NOTES:

* MEXICO:

-- Mexico has reported 176 deaths which are based on
symptoms and initial tests, with seven deaths so far confirmed
by additional laboratory analysis at the World Health
Organization.

Sources: Reuters/WHO/CDC




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