(For full coverage of the flu outbreak, click [nFLU]) April 29 (Reuters) - Germany became the latest country on Wednesday to confirm its first case of the new strain of swine flu that has caused fatalities in Mexico and has spread to the United States, Israel and New Zealand among other countries. Here are details of the latest number of cases: COUNTRY DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES SUSPECTED CASES MEXICO 159 26 2,500 * U.S. 0 65 0 ** CANADA 0 13 0 NEW ZEALAND 0 3 11 SPAIN 0 2 32 ISRAEL 0 2 1 BRITAIN 0 2 0 AUSTRALIA 0 0 91 BRAZIL 0 0 20 FRANCE 0 0 20 CHILE 0 0 24 DENMARK 0 0 11 SWITZERLAND 0 0 9 AUSTRIA 0 0 5 COLOMBIA 0 0 4 GERMANY 0 1 6 NORWAY 0 0 1 SOUTH KOREA 0 0 6 GUATEMALA 0 0 3 COSTA RICA 2 EL SALVADOR 2 NOTES: * Mexico's death toll figure is for deaths that authorities in that country suspect were caused by swine flu. The country's figure for confirmed cases of the disease is the figure given to date by the World Health Organization. The number of suspected cases has been given by the Mexican Health Ministry. ** The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has reported 64 confirmed cases. Authorities in Indiana have reported one additional case.Sources: Reuters/WHO/CDC
A staff member works on a blood sample of a chicken at the Veterinary Research Bureau (BBALITVET) virology laboratory in Bogor, west Java province April 29, 2009. The head of BBALITVET, ...
