US health officials have diagnosed another case of human swine flu in the United States, bringing the number of people who contracted the illness to eight, the head of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
On Thursday "we reported a total of seven cases in the United States," Dr Richard Bresser said on a telephone news conference.
"Today we have one additional case in California, bringing the total in the United States to eight," he said.
The child who contracted swine flu has recovered, Bresser said.
The US cases of swine flu have been mild, and only one of the patients was hospitalized, he said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva is taking emergency steps after dozens of people died from suspected swine flu in Mexico.
WHO put the number of deaths from the multi-strained flu virus at 60, while Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova confirmed 16 deaths and said authorities were probing 50 more possible swine flu fatalities.
Bresser also said that the WHO "is not at the point of declaring a pandemic."
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AFP 241927 GMT 04 09
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