The British Health Protection Agency says England has 78,000 new cases of A-H1N1 flu, up from 53,000 the previous week.

Most are children between one and 14. Meanwhile, the Spanish second division club says as many as 13 players on its Real Betis team may have the virus.

They've asked for this weekend's match against Villareal B to be postponed.

And experts say waves of H1N1 spread by some three million pilgrims travelling to and from Mecca for November's haj, threaten to pile pressure on healthcare systems around the world.