Swine Flu UPDATE:WHO’s Confirmed Cases of the H1N1 Virus stands at 331

Swine Flu UPDATE:WHO’s Confirmed Cases of the H1N1 Virus stands at 331 people who have become infected.

(pic) Tourists sunbathe wearing surgical masks in the popular Mexican resort of Acapulco.

The virus, commonly known as swine flu, has spread to 11 countries, but the hardest hit areas were in the western hemisphere and Mexico and the United States are on the top of the list.

“We have not seen sustained human-to-human transmission anywhere outside the Americas region,” said WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham.

The United States, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) verify 109 cases of the flu with one death.

The largest outbreak was in Mexico, which had 156 confirmed cases, according to the WHO. It added that Mexico had nine deaths attributed to the virus.

However, Mexican officials said the death toll had risen to 12 and they suspect more than 150 deaths in the country are linked to the virus.

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