Swine flu set to go pandemic

The World Health Organisation looks set to officially declare swine flu a pandemic
  
  


Swine flu pandemic: Thai students wear face masks at a school in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand: Thai students wear face masks at a school Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Swine flu pandemic: A girl wearing a face mask, leaves school in Guatemala City
Guatemala City: A girl wearing a face mask, leaves school Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Swine flu pandemic: A man stands in front of thermal camera at the airport in Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico: A man stands in front of a thermal camera, set up to screen outgoing passengers as a precaution against the spread of swine flu, at the international airport Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Swine flu pandemic: A girl wearing a mask at a kindergarten in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China: A girl wearing a mask sits with her classmate at a kindergarten in a residential estate. Hong Kong authorities today ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local swine flu cases was found Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images
Swine flu pandemic: A nurse uses a thermal scanner to check a student for swine flu in Manila
Manila, Philippines: A student nurse uses a thermal scanner as she checks the temperature of a foreign student for possible swine flu infection before entering the school compound Photograph: Pat Roque/AP
Swine flu pandemic: A woman wearing a face mask waits for a doctor in San Juan de Dios hospital
Guatemala City, Guatemala: A woman wearing a face mask waits for a doctor at the emergency room of the San Juan de Dios hospital Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Swine flu pandemic: Hyderabad, India: A security guard patrols at an isolation ward
Hyderabad, India: A security guard patrols a corridor outside an isolation ward at the government chest hospital Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images
Swine flu pandemic: Two airport employees wear masks at Beijing International Airport
Beijing, China: Two masked airport employees flank passengers at Beijing international airport Photograph: Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
 

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