April 25, 2009: World Health Organization “viruses have mutated”

This has the potential to cause problems around the world.  Not a time to worry but certainly something we should be concerned about.  The economic impacts of this virus and the human suffering for some countries could be quite dramatic.  The big question is whether it mutates into something worse.  Nobody knows.  So, a lot of questions remain as to what happens next. 

Hiram Diaz, 8, left, gives his 6-year-old sister Adely Diaz a ride on the pegs of his bicycle while wearing protective masks near the market where their parents own a store in Mexico City, Saturday, April 25, 2009. Mexico is struggling with a new strain of swine flu that has killed 68 and sickened more than 1,000. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern." (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Julio Cortez)

GENEVA — An outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and the United States is a quickly evolving situation that has "pandemic potential," the head of the World Health Organization said Saturday before an emergency meeting of flu experts.

 “We are very, very concerned,” World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham said. “We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human … It’s all hands on deck at the moment.”

Mexico City mayor cancels all public events for 10 days to try to contain swine flu outbreak, AP reports.

WHO Director-General Chan says it may change global pandemic alert later today after emergency meeting.

WHO Director-General Chan says it is premature to issue travel advisories at this time, will hold emergency meeting later today –

WHO Director-General Chan says it is unclear if swine flu will develop into a pandemic.

WHO Director-General Chan says the swine flu situation is evolving quickly

Newspaper Reforma says the chief of the Mexico’s antropologic museum died of swine flu; had direct contact with Obama few weeks ago

The quarantine station of Narita decided to use thermographic imaging to check the temperatures of passengers arriving from Mexico.

Japan is on alert because the swine flu outbreak; Narita airport will check the health of every passenger flying from Mexico City.