MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Germany confirmed its first case of swine flu on Wednesday, the eighth country where the virus has been found, but reported deaths remained confined to Mexico nearly a week after the threat of a pandemic emerged.
Mexico's government says up to 159 people have been killed by the virus there. Cases of swine flu have also been confirmed in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Israel, Britain, Spain and Germany, which said a man who recently returned from holiday in Mexico had tested positive for the new H1N1 strain.