At least 100 dead from swine flu worldwide

Hundreds of air travellers will be offered Tamiflu as reports of suspected swine flu cases spread across the country.
As the global death toll rose above 100, New Zealand health officials were investigating suspected cases in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Nelson, the West Coast, Canterbury and Otago. Some patients were isolated at home and were being treated with the anti-viral drug as a precaution.
In Wellington, a district court trial was aborted because the judge, who had flown back from the United States at the weekend, was concerned about her flu symptoms.
Pharmacies were inundated with inquiries from worried customers wanting Tamiflu and face masks