An outbreak of swine flu in Mexico has killed 20 people and sickened more than 1,000 others, the country's health minister has said. Jose Angel Cordova told a news conference on Friday that the rate of deaths appeared to be slowing and there were no plans to seal the country's borders, although schools, libraries, museums, theatres were closed in a bid to contain the disease.
Meanwhile, US public health officials on Thursday said that eight people had been diagnosed with swine flu in the states of California and Texas.Tests on Friday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in the US patients, AFP reported.
Initial reports from the WHO said that up to 60 people had died in Mexico from the disease, and Cordova said 40 deaths were being "analysed" for the disease.
US officials said the White House was closely following the outbreak in the United States and Barack Obama, the president, has been informed. The officials said the virus in the United States was a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs, birds and humans.
Armando Ahued, Mexico City's health minister, said a massive vaccination campaign was being launched against the illness.
Courtesy: Al Jazeera
Meanwhile, US public health officials on Thursday said that eight people had been diagnosed with swine flu in the states of California and Texas.Tests on Friday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed the virus from 12 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, designated H1N1, seen in the US patients, AFP reported.
Initial reports from the WHO said that up to 60 people had died in Mexico from the disease, and Cordova said 40 deaths were being "analysed" for the disease.US officials said the White House was closely following the outbreak in the United States and Barack Obama, the president, has been informed. The officials said the virus in the United States was a never-before-seen mixture of viruses typical among pigs, birds and humans.
Armando Ahued, Mexico City's health minister, said a massive vaccination campaign was being launched against the illness.
Courtesy: Al Jazeera
if the Swine Flu is anything like the other scares and outbreaks in the US, it shouldn't amount to much (I'm hoping anyway)
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