The EUR/USD was lower by more than 100 points at the start of the week’s trade today, as fear of a spreading swine flu epidemic gripped global capital markets. Centered in Mexico, the swine flu outbreak has managed to kill more than 80 people, but the latest cases in US and Canada have not resulted in any further fatalities so far. Human to human infection of swine flu is spread through touch and sneezing and is treatable with antibiotics. Investors in Asia, still haunted by memories of SARS outbreak in 2003 were quick to react, selling high beta currencies while seeking refuge in the dollar and the yen.