It's definitely a bit worrisome.
Here are some stats:
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• Deaths: 159, all in Mexico, with seven confirmed as swine flu and rest suspected. One confirmed in U.S., a nearly two-year-old boy from Mexico who died in Houston.
• Sickened: 2,498 suspected and 19 confirmed in Mexico. 66 confirmed in U.S. Confirmed elsewhere: 91 in U.S.; 13 in Canada; 14 in New Zealand; five in Britain; three in Germany; four in Spain; two in Israel; and one in Austria.
• U.S. cases: Confirmed by CDC: 45 in New York, 11 in California, six in Texas, two in Kansas, and one each in Indiana and Ohio.
• In Mexico: All schools suspended until May 6. In Mexico City, surgical masks given to subway passengers, public events canceled, public venues closed and church services postponed.
• In U.S: U.S. Food and Drug Administration issues emergency guidance allowing certain antiviral drugs to be used. Public health emergency declared and roughly 12 million doses of Tamiflu to be delivered to states. Nonessential travel to Mexico discouraged and arriving travelers questioned at border.
• Worldwide: WHO says disease spreads easily but isn't pandemic. European Union health commissioner urges Europeans to postpone nonessential travel to U.S. and Mexico.