tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858639291758752242024-02-20T09:39:15.099-08:00Swine flu kills 81 in Mexico, spreads to US, Europmanny paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273319554255303569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385863929175875224.post-25657476358249707112009-04-27T23:51:00.001-07:002009-04-28T00:04:17.313-07:00Swine flu kills 81 in Mexico, spreads to US, Europe<span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>MEXICO CITY:</strong></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Fears of a global flu pandemic grew as new su</span><span style="font-size:100%;">spected cases appeared across the world on Sunday, including up to 81 people who died in Mexico, where millions hid indoors to avoid contamination. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">While all the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the US, and possible infections popped up as far afield as Europe and New Zealand. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed on Sunday that eight school children there had caught the swine flu virus, although the cases were mild and it did not appear to be spreading rapidly to the general population. Another 11 cases have been co</span><span style="font-size:100%;">nfirmed in California, Kansas and Texas. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">In New Zealand, 10 students from a schoo</span><span style="font-size:100%;">l party that had been in Mexico were being tested after showing flu-like symptoms. </span></p><p><!--google --> <!-- <div id="google_new"> <a href="#">LIC Housing Finance Ltd. : Get LIC Home Loans at Low Interest Rates. No Hidden Costs. Apply Now!</a> <a href="#">LIC Housing Finance Ltd. : Get LIC Home Loans at Low Interest Rates. No Hidden Costs. Apply Now!</a> <a href="#">LIC Housing Finance Ltd. : Get LIC Home Loans at Low Interest Rates. No Hidden Costs. 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A 1968 Hong Kong flu pandemic killed about 1 million people.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Mexico City, one of the world’s biggest cities, practically ground to a halt on Sunday with restaurants, cinemas and churches closing their doors. “(We a</span><span style="font-size:100%;">re) monitoring minute by minute the evolution of this problem across the whole country,” Mexican President Felipe Calderon said. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://swineflumexicocity.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 231px;" src="http://blog.cleveland.com/world_impact/2009/04/large_swine%20flu%20mexico.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevent</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ion advised Americans to see a doctor if they had good reason to suspect swine flu. “At this point, for the whole country we do think that people who have respiratory illness, who have recently traveled to Mexico for instance, ought to be consulting with their doctors,” Anne Schuchat, from the CDC’s public health program, told CNN.
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