Swine Flu said to be unstoppable

The UN’s top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
World Health Organization head Margaret Chan added that the holding of the meeting in Cancun showed confidence in Mexico, which has been hard hit.
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Japan Acts to Contain Flu, but W.H.O. Resists Raising the Alert Level

Japan rushed to contain a widening outbreak of swine flu on Monday as global health ministers met in Geneva to discuss vaccine preparations and other preventative measures against the new flu strain.
Japanese cases of the H1N1 strain of influenza reached 135 after the government confirmed 74 new infections, including in …