IRIN reports on a recent WHO report revealing "Saudi Arabia has the highest number of laboratory confirmed pandemic H1N1 cases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region “ 595 “ with four out of the eight deaths so far" (8/11).

Forbes examines how an uptick in the numbers of people dying from H1N1 in India is increasing public fear. "The creeping death toll has caused a panicky populace to flock to government-run hospitals to get themselves screened for the virus," Forbes writes. The article includes information on the closing of schools and some businesses in the cities of Mumbai and Pune (Karmali, 8/11).

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