Swine flu outbreak

A suspected outbreak of swine flu in Mexico has left 60 people dead and hundreds infected since the middle of March.



Officials say local schools have been closed and a vaccination campaign is being launched.



Seven non-fatal cases of a new form of swine flu have also been confirmed in the southern United States.



The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says there’s no confirmation of any link between the two outbreaks.



In the US, experts say the seven people who fell ill across two states are suffering from a new form of swine flu that combined pig, bird and human viruses.



The CDC says none of the seven victims had been in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu.



CDC spokeswoman Anne Schuchat says officials do not yet know how widely the virus had spread.