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26-Jun-2009
Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn't given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn't determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people complain ambulance workers are scared to pick them up.
Governments around the world took steps Tuesday to curb the spread of a new strain of flu that has killed up to 149 people in Mexico in a couple of weeks and spread to Europe and possibly Asia.
A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and rattling nerves in a city already tense from a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide
The government urged against all but essential travel to Mexico on Tuesday after a deadly outbreak of swine flu which officials confirmed has now spread to Scotland.
A mutant superhero is no match for the swine flu that has killed up to 149 people in Mexico.
Washington on Monday issued a travel alert warning against non-essential travel to Mexico and stepped up monitoring of travelers entering the United States amid the deadly swine flu outbreak.
Canadian officials advised citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico because of the deadly swine flu outbreak there.
The government on Tuesday warned against all but essential travel to Mexico after officials confirmed that two cases of the deadly swine flu virus had reached Scotland.
Holiday operators Thomson and First Choice have cancelled their flights to Mexico due to the outbreak of the swine flu virus.