(Borganic.org) Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:
_Deaths: 16 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a 21-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.
_Confirmed sickened worldwide, 766: 443 in Mexico; 184 in U.S.; 85 in Canada; 15 in Spain; 15 in Britain; six in Germany; four in New Zealand; two in Israel, France and South Korea; one each in Costa Rica, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Denmark and the Netherlands.
_U.S. confirmed cases: New York 50; Texas 28; California 24; South Carolina 13; Delaware 10; Massachusetts eight; New Jersey seven; Maine six; Arizona four; Wisconsin three; Ohio three; Indiana three; Illinois three; Kansas two; Colorado two; Virginia two; Michigan two; Missouri two; Connecticut two; Florida two; New Hampshire one; Utah one; Rhode Island one; Iowa one; Kentucky one; Minnesota one; Nebraska one; Nevada one.
_President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon spoke for 20 minutes Saturday by phone "to share information about each country's efforts to limit the spread" of the flu strain, the White House says.
_The World Health Organization says it has sent 2.4 million treatments of anti-flu drug Tamiflu to 72 developing countries, taking the drugs from a stockpile donated by Roche Holding AG.
_U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about a third of the confirmed U.S. cases of swine flu are people who had been to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there.
_ Mexico has taken extraordinary measures against the epidemic, ordering all nonessential government and private businesses to shut down for five days.
_The U.S. government says schools with confirmed cases should close for at least 14 days because children can be contagious for seven to 10 days from when they get sick. More than 430 U.S. schools had closed, affecting about 245,000 children in 18 states. by the AP
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