PORTLAND — Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, said Thursday’s announcement by the World Health Organization declaring a swine flu pandemic does not change "our situation or our strategies."

However, Mills said it is disturbing to her that the virus is still here in June, and continues to spread throughout the world.

"It could fizzle, it could fester, or it could mushroom," Mills said.

Flu vaccines probably won't be available until later this year, she said.

According to the state's Department of Health and Human Services Web site, 34 Maine residents have been diagnosed and confirmed as having the H1N1 virus.

Two new cases were confirmed Thursday.

WGME anchor person Kim Block also confirmed Thursday that she is being treated for the swine flu virus.

In addition, eight out-of-state residents were diagnosed with the flu while visiting Maine.

Mills said the virus seems to be hitting young people the hardest, with 20 Mainers under age 30 contracting the virus. No one from Maine over age 60 has been diagnosed.

Only 10 percent of those diagnosed with the flu in Maine have needed to be hospitalized.

There have been no new reported cases of H1N1 flu at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, according to Jail Administrator Maj. Francine Breton.