mexico city ( reuters ) - a severe strain of swine flu never seen before has broken out in mexico , killing as many as 60 people and raising fears it is spreading to north america . the world health organization said it was concerns about what it term 800 " plague - like " cases in mexico , and talked about a pending outbreak of a new strain of swine flu in the united states . it said about 60 people had death in mexico . mexico ' s government saying it had said that at least 16 people had died of the swine flu in southeast mexico and that there could be another 45 confirmed victims .
800 Mexicans have been affected by a new form of swine influenza.