last night 61 new cases of h1n1 swine flu were confirmed in britain bringing the total number of people who have been sick with the virus to 339.
a 45-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman in scotland have been admitted to intensive care with the disease
worldwide there are almost 19,000 confirmed cases and 117 deaths.
a two-year-old child became the fifth death from h1n1 in new york, it was announced last night.
officials are not concentrating as much on counting cases in countries such as the united states where the h1n1 virus has become widespread and are instead focusing on mitigating its effects.
dr keji fukuda, acting assistant director-general at the world health organisation said the continued spread of the disease, particularly in countries including britain where cases are spreading in schools and people are contracting it without travelling to mexico or america, means the who is closer to declaring a pandemic.
currently the alert level stands at five out of six meaning a pandemic is imminent.
"they are in transition and are not quite there yet, which is why we are not in phase six yet," fukuda said.
according to the who's latest figures, the new influenza strain known as swine flu has been found in 64 countries, and remains most prevalent in north america. who labs have confirmed nearly 19,000 infections including 117 people who have died.
昨天晚上，在英国新增61例h1n1猪流感病患者，这让因此病毒而生病的人达到339个。
在苏格兰，一个45岁的男子和一个38岁的女子因为患有此病而接受特殊医疗。
在全球范围内已有19000个确诊病例和117人因此病而死亡。
昨天晚上纽约宣布一个两岁的小孩死于h1n1，这是纽约的第五例死于猪流感的过案。
有些国家（如美国）h1n1病毒已经广泛传播，他们的官员不在意去计算病例的数量而是注重于降低它的影响。
世界卫生组织的代理助理总署长说，这一疾病的持续传播（特别是在英国这样的国家，h1n1在学校中传播。人们通过不去墨西哥和美国来减少传染。）意味着世界卫生组织接近于宣布h1n1猪流感为流行性疾病。
现在的警戒水平处于六个级别中的第五级，这意味着流行性疾病即将发生。
许多国家看起来都处于过渡阶段——从旅行相关病例过渡到团体传播。
据世界卫生组织的数据显示，已经发现有64个国家有新的猪流感，北美仍然是最流行的地区。世卫已经确诊约19000人受感染包括117人已经死亡。