Across the African continent, 24 countries have confirmed more than 12,000 cases, with the vast majority reported in South Africa, where the monitoring level is high. 

Venezuela, one of a number of South American countries with high swine flu death tolls, announced that 83 people have lost their lives to the swine flu since April, among 1,545 confirmed cases. India has just reported another 13 new swine flu deaths, bringing the total to 335. Four more fatalities were just recorded in Saudi Arabia, while in Iran, swine flu cases grew by 22, for a total of 422. Younger age groups are also still being targeted, with an 18-year-old Formosan (Taiwanese) who lost his struggle against swine flu after 100 days in the hospital, and a 9-month-old infant who became the latest to succumb in Kuwait, a Middle Eastern country that has spent US$14 million thus far in preventive safety efforts. Globally, fatalities stand at an official count of 4,432, with the total number afflicted said to be impossible to assess because of there being far too many to track.

We are saddened by the ongoing loss of life to the swine flu virus and pray for the recovery of those who have fallen severely ill. We look forward to more and more people awakening to the benefits of the immune-boosting plant-based diet in protecting us from present contagions and preventing the next.

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