Jump in global swine flu deaths

UK swine flu deaths jump to 29
A special swine flu service is being set up to relieve the pressure on the NHS as the death toll hits 29, says the government.

Flu death toll 'less than feared'
Mexico's health minister revises down the number of suspected swine flu deaths in the country from 176 to 101.

WHO raises pandemic alert level
The World Health Organization raises the alert over swine flu to level five - one short of a full pandemic - as the virus spreads.

'Swine flu' kills 60 in Mexico
The World Health Organization says it suspects swine flu has killed 60 people and infected 800 others in Mexico.

Swine flu 'more likely in young'
Children are twice as likely as adults to catch swine flu, a study says, while dismissing suggestions they are "super-spreaders".