Governments and health authorities worldwide went on the alert over the weekend for a possible influenza pandemic as the death toll from a new strain of swine flu in Mexico reached 81.
Janet Napolitano, homeland security secretary, yesterday declared a “public health emergency” in the US as about 20 people there were confirmed to have been infected, though none is seriously ill.
The World Health Organisation in Geneva declared “a public health emergency of international concern”.
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