BEIJING, Nov 20 (AFP) - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up.

An Influenza A(H1N1) cluster was reported at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Paya Bungor, Kuantan, last week, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said.

BANGKOK, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- The second wave of the Influenza A/H1N1 outbreak in Thailand has started, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said Thursday, the Thailand news agency (TNA) said.

GENEVA, Nov 18 (AFP) - Switzerland reported its first death from pandemic flu on Wednesday, after a young baby died in the north of the country, Swiss health authorities said.

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (AFP) - Swine flu is thought to have killed nearly 4,000 people, including 540 children, in the United States since it emerged in April, officials said Thursday citing a new model for counting A(H1N1) fatalities.

BEIJING, Nov 12 (AFP) - A company in northern China that claimed its face masks could prevent swine flu infection has been shut down and ordered to recall the bogus product, the country's food and drug safety watchdog has said.

PARIS, Nov 12 (AFP) - New data from Mexico, the epicentre of the swine flu pandemic, has confirmed that young people are most at risk of catching the A(H1N1) virus but elderly patients are most at risk of dying from it.

BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP) - China's health authority Tuesday stepped up a mass vaccination campaign and other measures to combat swine flu as the number of cases soared to nearly 60,000 and the death toll almost doubled to 30.

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (AFP) - More than 500 people have died from swine flu in India since the first fatality was reported in August, the health ministry said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (AFP) - A cat treated by an Iowa State University veterinarian was diagnosed with swine flu, a state health official said Wednesday.