Symptoms of Swine Flu

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the H1N1 flu virus spread has not peaked yet. An emergency meeting has been called to review mounting evidence. The committee decided that all countries should continue trying to keep H1N1 from spreading further.

WHO director general Keiji Fukuda noted that infection rates are relatively low in North America, Western Europe, and a few other parts of the world. He also noted that there is a lot H1N1 activity in several countries around Eastern Europe, Central Asia and others.

The World Health Organization reports it has more than 16,200 lab confirmed deaths from H1N1 in 212 countries. It says H1N1 is a relatively mild flu compared to others that have occurred in the past century.

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