BOGOTA, June 8 (UPI) -- Colombia has added new victims to those found to be infected by the H1N1 flu virus, raising the total to 25, Colombian health officials said.
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 3 (UPI) -- The first fatality from the H1N1 flu virus in South America was a Chilean man, health officials in that country said Wednesday.
MEXICO CITY, May 22 (UPI) -- Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said he has lifted all restrictions put into place as a result of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 6 (UPI) -- Forty-one U.S. states reported 642 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu infections, including two deaths, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said.
TOKYO, May 6 (UPI) -- The Japanese Health Ministry was ordered Wednesday to prepare in case the World Health Organization elevates its pandemic alert to its highest level.
CAIRO, May 3 (UPI) -- Egyptian swine farmers reportedly threw projectiles at police in Cairo Sunday in protest of a plan to cull Egypt's pigs to prevent the spread of swine flu.
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (UPI) -- Asian health officials activated pandemic plans, tightened border surveillance and stockpiled drugs, responding to a heightened worldwide alert on swine flu.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Health officials in Britain have announced plans to send information leaflets about swine flu to each of 25 million households.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 28 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's health minister says his country has no facility to identify swine flu virus and will have to ask a foreign lab to test a suspected patient's sample.
OTTAWA, April 6 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization has been keeping a close eye on developments in Canada after a second person caught bird flu in British Columbia.
