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| Mexico to begin lifting flu curbs | Mexico to begin lifting flu curbs |
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| Restaurants and cafes in Mexico City are to reopen on Wednesday after the country recorded a fall in new cases of the swine flu virus. | Restaurants and cafes in Mexico City are to reopen on Wednesday after the country recorded a fall in new cases of the swine flu virus. |
| Libraries, museums and churches are to follow suit a day later but cinemas, theatres and bars are to remain closed, the mayor's office said. | Libraries, museums and churches are to follow suit a day later but cinemas, theatres and bars are to remain closed, the mayor's office said. |
| Government officials are meeting to discuss when schools and businesses across the country can resume work. | Government officials are meeting to discuss when schools and businesses across the country can resume work. |
| A total of 1,025 cases of the virus have been reported in 20 countries. | A total of 1,025 cases of the virus have been reported in 20 countries. |
| Confirmed cases in the US have risen from 226 to 286, spread over 36 states, with most patients suffering mild symptoms. One death has been confirmed - that of a Mexican two-year-old boy who was visiting Texas. | |
| CONFIRMED CASES Mexico: 101 suspected deaths - 26 confirmedUS: One death, 286 confirmed casesNew Zealand: 6 confirmed casesCanada: 101 confirmed casesSpain: 54 confirmed casesUK: 27 confirmed casesGermany: 8 confirmed casesIsrael: 3 confirmed casesFrance: 4 confirmed cases Italy: 4 confirmed cases El Salvador: 2 confirmed cases Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, South Korea, Irish Republic, Costa Rica, Colombia, Portugal: 1 confirmed case Countries with confirmed cases of secondary transmission: Mexico, US, Canada, Spain, Germany, UK class="" href="/1/hi/world/americas/8021547.stm">Mapping the outbreak class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8032753.stm">Quarantined hotel guests frustrated class="" href="/1/hi/world/americas/8032837.stm">In pictures: Weathering swine flu | |
| Officials say the rise in cases in recent days was due to results of lab tests coming through, rather than because of a new surge in cases. | |
| The UN says it has seen no evidence of a spread at community level in Europe and Asia - a development that would trigger the highest level of alert. | The UN says it has seen no evidence of a spread at community level in Europe and Asia - a development that would trigger the highest level of alert. |
| Dr Keiji Fukuda, deputy chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), told reporters it was essential that surveillance remained strong worldwide. | Dr Keiji Fukuda, deputy chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), told reporters it was essential that surveillance remained strong worldwide. |
Countries with confirmed cases of secondary transmission: Mexico, US, Canada, Spain, Germany, UK Mapping the outbreak Quarantined hotel guests frustrated | |
| Surveillance has to be strong everywhere, Dr Fukuda said. | Surveillance has to be strong everywhere, Dr Fukuda said. |
| "Right now we really just don't know how this will go." | "Right now we really just don't know how this will go." |
| Secondary transmission, ie to persons who have not visited Mexico, has been confirmed in six countries. | Secondary transmission, ie to persons who have not visited Mexico, has been confirmed in six countries. |
| The virus is suspected of claiming 101 lives in Mexico though the number of confirmed cases there is 26, its health minister said on Monday. | The virus is suspected of claiming 101 lives in Mexico though the number of confirmed cases there is 26, its health minister said on Monday. |
| In other developments | In other developments |
| • Of nine new confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK, seven appear to have been acquired from people who had not been to Mexico; total confirmed cases stood at 27 | • Of nine new confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK, seven appear to have been acquired from people who had not been to Mexico; total confirmed cases stood at 27 |
| • About 250 recruits and personnel at an army camp in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg were placed under quarantine after two recruits reported having flu symptoms | • About 250 recruits and personnel at an army camp in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg were placed under quarantine after two recruits reported having flu symptoms |
| 'Phase of decline' | 'Phase of decline' |
| Mexico's shutdown is credited with stemming the spread of the virus but it badly affected the country's economy. | Mexico's shutdown is credited with stemming the spread of the virus but it badly affected the country's economy. |
| SYMPTOMS - WHAT TO DO Swine flu symptoms are similar to those produced by ordinary seasonal flu - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigueIf you have flu symptoms and recently visited affected areas of Mexico, you should seek medical adviceIf you suspect you are infected, you should stay at home and take advice by telephone initially, in order to minimise the risk of infection Q&A: Advice about swine flu | SYMPTOMS - WHAT TO DO Swine flu symptoms are similar to those produced by ordinary seasonal flu - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigueIf you have flu symptoms and recently visited affected areas of Mexico, you should seek medical adviceIf you suspect you are infected, you should stay at home and take advice by telephone initially, in order to minimise the risk of infection Q&A: Advice about swine flu |
| President Felipe Calderon went on national TV on Sunday night to say a nationwide shutdown and an aggressive information campaign appeared to have helped curtail the outbreak in Mexico. | President Felipe Calderon went on national TV on Sunday night to say a nationwide shutdown and an aggressive information campaign appeared to have helped curtail the outbreak in Mexico. |
| "We have succeeded in detaining or at least slowing the spread of the virus precisely because the measures have been the correct ones," he said. | "We have succeeded in detaining or at least slowing the spread of the virus precisely because the measures have been the correct ones," he said. |
| Swine flu has been confirmed as the cause of 26 deaths in Mexico and 701 people have been infected, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Monday. | Swine flu has been confirmed as the cause of 26 deaths in Mexico and 701 people have been infected, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Monday. |
| Earlier, he had said the epidemic was "in its phase of decline", having peaked between 23 and 28 April. | Earlier, he had said the epidemic was "in its phase of decline", having peaked between 23 and 28 April. |
| Ban Ki-moon called for global co-ordination on swine flu | Ban Ki-moon called for global co-ordination on swine flu |
| Talking about the possible reopening of schools, he warned it would "not happen just like that". "There will have to be training, preparations for teachers and parents," he told reporters. | Talking about the possible reopening of schools, he warned it would "not happen just like that". "There will have to be training, preparations for teachers and parents," he told reporters. |
| Inhabitants of the capital interviewed by Reuters news agency on Sunday spoke of their frustration at the upset caused by the restrictions. | Inhabitants of the capital interviewed by Reuters news agency on Sunday spoke of their frustration at the upset caused by the restrictions. |
| "They should open everything back up so we can work," said Alberto Vazquez, 28, who washes cars for a living. | "They should open everything back up so we can work," said Alberto Vazquez, 28, who washes cars for a living. |
| "These last days have been hard on us. If we don't work, we don't eat." | "These last days have been hard on us. If we don't work, we don't eat." |
| 'Not Spanish Flu' | 'Not Spanish Flu' |
| Mexico has criticised China for placing in quarantine up to 70 Mexicans, even though they showed no sign of having contracted swine flu. | Mexico has criticised China for placing in quarantine up to 70 Mexicans, even though they showed no sign of having contracted swine flu. |
| Mexico's ambassador to Beijing helped deliver food for quarantined Mexicans | Mexico's ambassador to Beijing helped deliver food for quarantined Mexicans |
| It said it was sending a plane to Beijing to pick up the Mexicans as China denied it was being discriminatory. | It said it was sending a plane to Beijing to pick up the Mexicans as China denied it was being discriminatory. |
| A Mexican man staying in a Hong Kong hotel was confirmed to have contracted the virus on Friday. More than 250 guests and staff at the hotel are being held under quarantine for a week. | A Mexican man staying in a Hong Kong hotel was confirmed to have contracted the virus on Friday. More than 250 guests and staff at the hotel are being held under quarantine for a week. |
| WHO chief Margaret Chan sought to ease concern that swine flu, or H1N1, might develop into a pandemic similar to the Spanish Flu which killed tens of millions at the end of World War I. | WHO chief Margaret Chan sought to ease concern that swine flu, or H1N1, might develop into a pandemic similar to the Spanish Flu which killed tens of millions at the end of World War I. |
| "[There is] no indication that we are facing a situation similar to that in 1918," she told a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, speaking by video link from Geneva. | "[There is] no indication that we are facing a situation similar to that in 1918," she told a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, speaking by video link from Geneva. |
| But she also cautioned against complacency: "Flu viruses are very unpredictable, very deceptive... We should not be over-confident. One must not give H1N1 the opportunity to mix with other viruses." | But she also cautioned against complacency: "Flu viruses are very unpredictable, very deceptive... We should not be over-confident. One must not give H1N1 the opportunity to mix with other viruses." |
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon, in New York, said the WHO did not plan to raise its pandemic alert to the highest level if the outbreak continued in its current pattern. | UN chief Ban Ki-moon, in New York, said the WHO did not plan to raise its pandemic alert to the highest level if the outbreak continued in its current pattern. |
| The severity of the swine flu virus remains uncertain, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva. | |
| Health experts worldwide want to know which population groups are most vulnerable and why the virus has caused severe pneumonia among some patients, and diarrhoea - not normally associated with flu - in others, our correspondent says. | |
| On Tuesday the WHO will hold a meeting of doctors and scientists to discuss these questions. The answers, the WHO says, will help all those working to control and treat the virus. | |
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