20:04, 29 April 2009 | GMT +5
U.S. reports first human death from swine flu
WASHINGTON. April 29. KAZINFORM. A 23-month-old child in Texas has died from the swine flu virus, becoming the first fatality from the virus outside Mexico, U.S. health authorities said on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

The United States, which has declared a public health emergency, has so far confirmed 65 human swine flu cases.
"I can confirm the very sad news out of Texas that a child has died of the H1N1 virus," the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Richard Besser, told CNN, without giving further details.
Mexican health officials say that seven people are confirmed to have died from swine flu, with the H1N1 strain suspected of being behind another 152 deaths. Some 2,500 people are reported to have fallen ill with swine flu symptoms.
At least 13 cases of human swine flu have been confirmed in Canada. In Europe, swine flu cases have been confirmed in Spain, Germany, Austria and the U.K. Suspected infections have been reported in New Zealand, Israel, Brazil and Australia; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.