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Thu 05 May 2009Over 2,000 infected with swine flu
More than 2,000 people in 23 countries worldwide have now been infected with H1N1 flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today.
In its latest tally, which tends to lag national reports but is considered more secure, the U.N. agency said that 42 people in Mexico have died from the new strain that is a genetic mixture of swine, bird and human viruses.
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