Mexico begins five-day break to fight swine flu

As Mexico begins a five-day break aimed at further slowing the spread of the deadly swine flu virus, the country’s epidemiology chief faults the WHO for not stepping in earlier. Denmark and Hong Kong become latest countries to report H1N1 infections and the outbreak even touches the White House. Read more

Swine flu cases expected to rise

Canadian health officials expected more cases of swine flu to be confirmed Monday, while the disease has killed more than 100 in Mexico and the European Union warned travellers to think twice about heading to the Americas. Canadian authorities reported six “mild” cases of swine flu on Sunday — the first confirmed cases in Canada since an outbreak of the illness began in Mexico several days ago — and warned there could be more cases in the days ahead. Read more