At least 100 people are now suspected to have died of the disease in Mexico.
In Europe, health ministers called for an urgent meeting as one case of swine flu was confirmed in Spain.
The UN has warned the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, but said the world was better prepared than ever to deal with the threat.
Stocks of anti-viral medicines are being readied and travellers are being screened at some airports for symptoms.
Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said suspected swine flu cases in his country had risen to 1,614.
Of the 103 deaths in Mexico, only 20 are so far confirmed to have been caused by the new virus.
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