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| May 6, 2009 |
2009 Swine Flu outbreak
In late April, an outbreak of a new strain of H1N1 Influenza, commonly called "swine flu", was detected in Mexico City. The initial spread of the virus appeared to be rapid - that, coupled with several deaths of young, otherwise healthy flu victims raised global awareness and initial alarm. As of today, Mexico has confirmed over 800 infections and 42 deaths resulting from H1N1 - 22 countries worldwide now have reported 1,516 cases of influenza A (H1N1). Recent reports have been more restrained, however, with no apparent evience of a pandemic, milder-than-expected flu symptoms, and a rate of infection only slightly higher than a normal seasonal flu. Collected here are photographs of people in Mexico and around the world dealing with H1N1 or or preparing for possible encounters. (36 photos total)

A Mexican passenger is checked by a doctor at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, on May 4, 2009. Mexico's toll from the A(H1N1) influenza virus has increased to 22 dead and 568 infected cases, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said late Sunday, while the World Health Organisation says 20 countries have officially reported 1,003 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infections. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

Relatives of Juana Toribio, 39, who died last April 28 in Mexico City's Institute of Respiratory Illnesses, pause while preparing meals prior to her funeral services at her home town in Santa Maria Matamoros, Oaxaca state, Mexico. According to her death certificate she died from atypical pneumonia but Mexican health authorities told the Associated Press they believe she died of complications from the swine flu virus. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) #

Chinese health workers in protective outfits examine passengers onboard an AeroMexico flight AM 98 that landed at Pudong international airport in Shanghai from Mexico Thursday, April 30, 2009. A passenger on the flight who continued on to Hong Kong on China Eastern Airlines flight MU 505 later was diagnosed with swine flu. Chinese authorities suspended flights from Mexico to Shanghai, the only direct flight to the mainland. (AP Photo/EyePress) #

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell demonstrates how to cover your face while coughing, during a news conference at the BC Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver, British Columbia May 1, 2009. Several more cases of influenza A (H1N1), formerly referred to as swine flu, were confirmed in the province. (REUTERS/Lyle Stafford) #

Workers sewing isolation gowns inside a Medtecs garments plant in Bataan province, north of Manila April 30, 2009. Medtecs, a plant in the Philippines producing face masks and isolation gowns has increased production by three times as demand for protected equipment grows due to swine flu outbreak. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco) #

Pig farm owner Nguyen Ngoc Thuc checks an one-day-old pig in his farm in Tan Lap Village in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. According to the owner, his farm makes extra effort to prevent the possible spread of swine flu, for example increasing disinfections, though Vietnam is currently free from the flu. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) #

A woman walks in a nearly empty building at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, in Mexico City, Monday, May 4, 2009. Mexican officials lowered their flu alert level in the capital on Monday, and plan to allow schools, businesses, museums and libraries to reopen this week. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar) #

Egyptian farmers throw rocks towards police during clashes over an ordered mass slaughter of pigs in al-Mukatam neighbourhood in Cairo on May 3, 2009. Egyptian riot police clashed with stone-throwing pig farmers who were trying to prevent their animals being taken away for slaughter as part of a mass nationwide cull. Between 300 and 400 residents of a slum district of Cairo, where mostly Coptic Christian scrap merchants raise pigs, hurled stones and bottles at police. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) #

An Egyptian policeman wears a mask as he stands guard in front of a pick up truck full of pigs at the main slaughterhouse in Cairo April 30, 2009. Egypt, hit hard by bird flu, has ordered the slaughter of every pig herd in the country as a precaution against swine flu, a step the United Nations said was a mistake. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih) #

Suspected member of the Gulf Cartel Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, center, is escorted to be presented to the press after his arrest at federal police headquarters in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. He and the police officers escorting him wear face masks as a precaution against swine flu. Gamboa is one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers, according to federal police. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) #

A University of Delaware student who did not want to be identified, rides around the university campus wearing a gas mask to make a statement about how he feels the swine flu is being overblown by the media, Thursday, April 30, 2009 in Newark, Del. Four cases of swine flu at the University of Delaware have been confirmed, state officials said. (AP Photo/The News Journal, Suchat Pederson) #

In this April 28, 2009 photo, Edgar Hernandez, 4, who according to Mexico's Veracruz state authorities survived the swine flu, plays in his garden in La Gloria, Mexico. Hundreds of his neighbors in La Gloria - villagers who live among pig-breeding farms - were suffering from flu-like symptoms, as well. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) #
More links and information
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and You U.S. Centers for Disease Control
Swine Flu - NYTimes.com Topics page
2009 swine flu outbreak - Wikipedia entry
Global cases of Influenza A(H1N1) - World Health Organization























