WHO confirms nearly 1,000 flu cases in 20 countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that its laboratories have identified a total of 985 H1N1 flu infections in 20 countries, including El Salvador and Colombia, and said there have been 25 confirmed deaths in Mexico.

The WHO's most recent figures say that 590 people have been infected in Mexico, and 226 people have been infected in the United States, the two countries most affected by the virus widely known as swine flu. There has also been one US death, identified by authorities there as a Mexican infant. (Reuters)