source: Burmese authorities have banned the sale of eggs in markets in Rangoon Division after the discovery of the A/H1N1 virus at a chicken farm, according to Rangoon sources.

The ban extends initially to Feb 28, the sources said. The authorities ordered the ban after more than 100 chickens died of the swine flu virus.

source: FOUR more patients have died of swine flu in the West Midlands in the last fortnight, taking the death toll to 44.

Florida: A 36-year-old man has become the 13th person in Pinellas County to die from the swine flu.

Florida: The Volusia County Health Department (VCHD) has received notification of an H1N1 flu related death of a 26 year old female. This is the sixth H1N1 flu related death reported to VCHD since this new strain of flu was identified in April.

Ohio: An Auglaize County resident has died from H1N1, the county’s health commissioner confirmed Thursday.

US Wave 3 Start Confirmed By H1N1 Increases in Region 4: The latest CDC report shows an overall rise (from 8.9% to 13%) in samples positive for H1N1 in Region 4 in the week 4 report, providing additional evidence for the start of wave 3 in the United States. Earlier media reports had described increases in various states in region 4. Le Boehner children’s hospital in Memphis had seen an increase in hospitalized patients and a high frequency were being admitted to the ICU, where at least 2 of the 7 died. One was from MS while then other was from TN. University of North Carolina hospital also reported an increase in confirmed H1N1 in college students, and the North Carolina website showed an increase in samples testing positive for H1N1 to 25%, the highest level since mid-November when wave 2 was declining.

source: The New Mexico Department of Health announced Wednesday it has confirmed a 3-year-old Otero County boy died due to H1N1-related complications in mid-January.

205 people have died of the AH1N1 virus, or swine flu, in Colombia since it first appeared in May last year, health authorities said on Tuesday.

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Six more people have died of influenza A (H1N1) in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the swine flu pandemic in the country so far to 1235, an official statement said here today.

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