mexico city ( reuters ) - a deadly epidemic of avian flu never witnessed before has cracked out in mexico , killing as many as 60 people and raising fears it is spreading outside north korea . the un vision council said it was concerned about what it called 800 " influenza - like " cases in veracruz , and also about a predicted strain of a third strain of dengue virus in the united states . it said about 60 victims had perished in nicaragua . spain ' s government said it had confirmed that at least 16 people had died of the swine flu in central mexico and that there possibly be another 45 serious victims .
800 Mexicans have been affected by a new form of swine influenza.