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Mexico breathes easier in flu epidemic
Mon May 4, 2009 3:05am EDT
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Offices and businesses stayed closed in Mexico on Monday to try to prevent the spread of a deadly new strain of flu, and authorities said the battle was being won with a sharp drop in new cases.
Outside Mexico, however, the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, and officials say it will take time to confirm just how contagious and dangerous the virus is.
Mexico's health ministry announced on Sunday the flu epidemic had passed the worst and experts said the virus might be no more severe than normal flu, although it could still have an impact on world health and was expected to spread to more countries.
"The virus has entered into a stabilization phase. The cases are starting to decrease," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said, adding that Mexico would begin to get back on its feet again this week after shutting restaurants, offices, cinemas and even churches to try to stop the spread of the disease.
"Our objective is to return to normality as soon as possible but what I want is to do that in secure conditions," Calderon said in a televised interview late on Sunday.
After days of alarm that had kept streets eerily quiet, Mexico City appeared more relaxed, with some people venturing out on bikes or running. Many no longer wore the surgical masks that have been almost obligatory in the city in the last week.
Laboratory tests have shown 590 firm cases of the virus in Mexico, out of which 22 people were confirmed to have died.
The World Health Organization said its laboratories had identified a total of 898 H1N1 flu infections in 18 countries. Its toll lags national reports but is considered more scientifically secure.
In Turkey, a hospital spokesman denied that one of its patients had been killed by the new strain. Broadcaster CNN Turk had earlier reported that a patient had died of suspected swine flu at Akdeniz Hospital in the south of the country.
Only one death has been confirmed outside Mexico -- a Mexican toddler who was visiting the United States.
FLU SPREADS IN UNITED STATES
In the United States, the flu has spread to 30 states and infected 226 people, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. It seems to be hitting mostly younger people, with very few cases among those over 50 years old.
CDC acting director Richard Besser said there were "encouraging signs" the new strain was not more severe than what would be seen during normal seasonal flu, but he still expected the new virus to have a significant impact on health.
"We're not out of the woods," Besser told "Fox News Sunday.
The U.S. government said it hoped to have a vaccine ready for the new flu strain by the autumn. Continued...
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