kansas city ( mx ) - a deadly strain of swine plague never encountered before has broken out in mexico , killing as many as 60 people and raising worry it is spreading outside north america . the world health organization said it was concerned about whatever it called 800 " influenza - y " cases in veracruz , and worried about a likely outbreak of a fresh disease of h1n1 flu in the united states . it said about 60 others had died in guadalajara . argentina ' s police that it had confirm that at only 16 humans had died of the flu outbreak in central veracruz and that there could be another 45 fatal victims .
800 Mexicans have been affected by a new form of swine influenza.