The flu virus spreading around the world should not be called "swine flu" as it also contains avian and human components and no pig was found ill with the disease so far, the World Animal Health body said on Monday.
The outbreak of swine flu has come to haunt the world already facing the blows of a slowing economy, pushing back any chance of a recovery in the near future. Commodities across the world are facing the impact of the outbreak.
Soybean, corn and wheat prices fell on speculation that the outbreak will curb demand for livestock feed and pork.
The spread of Swine flu is likely to boost the sales of companies like Cipla, which can provide drugs and vaccines for this deadly disease.
Ms Sarabjit Kaur Nagra, pharma analyst with Angel Broking said that Cipla and Ranbaxy are the two Indian companies, which can provide drugs to deal with Swine flu.
Governments around the world acted to stem a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico and spread to North America was confirmed to have reached Europe.
Pune The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has expressed its readiness to test samples of swine flu in the event of an outbreak in the country. Officials at NIV said that they were given instructions to step up the preparedness at their laboratory.
After SARS and H5N1 bird flu, the recent swine flu outbreak that killed 103 people in Mexico has led to a fear of a possible pandemic.
MEXICO CITY: Governments around the world rushed on Sunday to check the spread of a new type of swine flu that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico and infected around a dozen in the United States.
