Swine flu spreads to remote corner of the wrold

A recent report published by the WHO indicates that more than 20 countries and overseas territories had had their first lab-confirmed cases of the new virus, widely known as swine flu.
Those newly affected are :

• Seychelles
• Turks 
• Caicos
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• Netherlands Antilles
• Belize 
• France's Reunion Island as well as isolated spots such as 
• Tonga and 
• American Samoa in the Pacific  
• the Solomon Islands in the Indian Ocean.

 H1N1 flu, which is a genetic mix of human, bird and swine viruses, has also found its way to Bhutan in the Himalayas and Andorra, an independent state tucked between Spain and France. Conflict-ridden Afghanistan and Sudan have also had their first confirmed infections in recent days.