World Health Organisation raises level 5 alert
12 April 2012
The World Health Organisation has raised its flu level warning to five, one short of a full pandemic.
This is how the flu has spread around the world:
Mexico: 176 deaths and 2,500 suspected cases.
United States: one death and 91 confirmed cases.
New Zealand: 13 confirmed cases.
Canada: 13 confirmed cases.
Spain: 10 confirmed cases and firm confirmed case of the disease in someone who has not visited Mexico. This proves the virus can cross from human to human.
Germany: three confirmed cases.
Israel: two confirmed cases.
Switzerland: one confirmed case.
Austria: one confirmed case.
Peru: one confirmed case in a woman from Argentina.
Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala are testing handfuls of people.
Brazil has 20 suspected cases and Chile 24.
