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WORRIED about swine flu? There is one easy way to protect against infection, health experts agree - handwashing.
Global health officials are worried about an unusual new strain of flu that may have killed as many as 68 people in Mexico, with 1000 showing possible symptoms. It has infected at least eight people in the United States.

Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health said they expected to find more cases in the coming days and weeks.

Little can be done to prevent an outbreak of flu from spreading, health experts caution, but they say common sense measures can help individuals protect themselves.

Number one is hand-washing, they say - a surprisingly effective way to prevent all sorts of diseases, including ordinary influenza and the new and mysterious swine flu virus.