World takes drastic measures on swine flu

Egypt's order that all 300,000 pigs in the country be slaughtered to travel bans and putting the kibosh on kissing.
Egypt ordered the pig slaughter even though there hasn't been a single case of swine flu there and no evidence that pigs have spread the disease.

Britain, with only five cases, is trying to buy 32 million masks.

United States, President Barack Obama said more of the country's 132,000 schools may have to be shuttered.

At airports from Japan to South Korea to Greece and Turkey, thermal cameras were trained on airline passengers to see if any were feverish.

Lebanon discouraged traditional Arab peck-on-the-cheek greetings, even though no one has come down with the virus there.

The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to the second-highest level, meaning it believes a global outbreak of the disease is imminent.