Alarm as Mexican swine flu toll rises
April 28, 2009 Edition 1
The rising death toll from the Mexican swine flu epidemic sent a wave of alarm around the world yesterday, with the US declaring a public health emergency and Europe’s first confirmed case reported in Spain.
Mexican Health Minister José Angel Cordova said the number of confirmed and suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico had hit 103, while the number of suspected cases had reached 1 614 – up from 1 324.
President Felipe Calderon called for calm, but news that a man in Spain had brought the flu back from Mexico heightened the international alert, and stock markets blamed the disease for a new share battering.
The Star – http://www.thestar.co.za/?fArticleId=4954633
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