WHO Stops Counting Swine Flu Cases

In what can be seen as the situation getting out of hand, the World Health Organization says it will stop counting individual cases of swine flu.

The number are growing each day in large numbers and tracking individual swine flu cases is too overwhelming for countries , the agency says in a statement. WHO will no longer issue global totals of swine flu cases, although it will continue to track the global epidemic.

WHO says countries should look for signs the virus is mutating, such as changes in the way swine flu is spreading, surges in hospital visits or more severe cases.

WHO had reported nearly 95,000 cases including 429 deaths worldwide. But the numbers are outdated, with Britain estimating it had 55,000 new cases last week alone.

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