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"...Mexican Health Minister Jose Cordova said 81 deaths in Mexico
may be linked to swine flu, an increase from the 68 possible
fatal cases the ministry announced yesterday.
The number of deaths in which swine flu was confirmed in
Mexico remains at 20, Cordova said today at a press conference
in Mexico City. Of 14 tissue samples tested from Mexico, half
were a genetic match with the swine flu reported in eight people
in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based Centers of Disease
Control and Prevention said yesterday.
Cordova said today that 1,324 patients are under
examination for possibly having the virus. No foreign government
has put a ban on travel to Mexico, Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz
said at the televised press conference...."
"...Mexican Health Minister Jose Cordova said 81 deaths in Mexico
may be linked to swine flu, an increase from the 68 possible
fatal cases the ministry announced yesterday.
The number of deaths in which swine flu was confirmed in
Mexico remains at 20, Cordova said today at a press conference
in Mexico City. Of 14 tissue samples tested from Mexico, half
were a genetic match with the swine flu reported in eight people
in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based Centers of Disease
Control and Prevention said yesterday.
Cordova said today that 1,324 patients are under
examination for possibly having the virus. No foreign government
has put a ban on travel to Mexico, Economy Minister Gerardo Ruiz
said at the televised press conference...."
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