The EU has urged Europeans not to panic as health ministers discussed ways of containing the virus.
Large numbers of people with flu-like symptoms wait to be tested in Mexico, which remains the country worst-affected by swine flu.
A woman recently returned from Mexico waits surrounded by Red Cross workers at an airport in France, which has proposed a continent-wide travel advisory for Mexico.
In Britain, an advertising campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the virus, as eight people are diagnosed with the illness.
In its response to the emergence of swine flu, Egypt has begun a mass slaughter of thousands of pigs although experts say the disease is not spread by eating pork.
China has reported no cases yet but these children in Anhui province are taking no chances as they learn the best way of washing their hands.
In neighbouring Hong Kong, which has bad memories of the 2003 Sars outbreak, staff of the Port Health department stand to attention at the airport before a shift change.
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