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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:07:01 -0500
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Subject: Mexico, DF News (English)
Epidemic rattles nation
BY NACHA CATTAN
The News
Mexican and international health officials were racing Friday to
determine
the cause and extent of a deadly flu outbreak, expressing concern
that the
new viral strain could develop into a pandemic.
The outbreak of a variant of swine flu led federal officials to
close Mexico
City-area schools indefinitely - the first such shutdown since the
devastating 1985 earthquake.
They also shuttered museums, discouraged residents to go out in
public and
advised citizens against handshakes and customary greeting kisses.
At the
city's international airport, passengers were questioned to try to
prevent
anyone with flu symptoms from boarding airplanes.
But even as the number of deaths kept rising from the 20 reported
earlier
this week, authorities refrained from imposing more drastic measures.
Evidence that the strains were related to infections in California
and Texas
did not trigger moves to seal borders or issue travel advisories.
And while surgical masks were a common sight on city streets and some
businesses closed their doors, life went on more or less as usual
in the
capital. People filled shopping malls and subway cars, and street
life was
still buzzing in many areas.
Meanwhile, health officials were struggling to understand where the
virus
came from and how they might contain it. The swine flu has taken a
novel
path in passing from human to human and has been attacking young
people and
adults who are usually less vulnerable to such viruses,
epidemiologists
said.
"This is a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus that
could take on
pandemic properties," Health Secretary José Córdova said at a press
conference.
Córdova said a Eurasian strain of pig flu was responsible for the
outbreak,
while international authorities described a genetic combination of
pig, bird
and human viruses that also hailed from North America.
Officials announced and then quickly abandoned a vaccination campaign,
saying the medicine is likely not effective against the current
strain.
Instead, they were stocking up on the flu medicine Oseltamivir,
which they
say has shown positive results.
Córdova said 60 people have died of flu and the new swine flu
strain had
been confirmed in 20 of those deaths. At least 1,004 people
nationwide were
sick from the suspected flu, he said. The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control
and Prevention, or CDC, said it was unsure why the virus was
causing so many
deaths in Mexico while all seven U.S. patients had recovered.
Earlier this week officials had struggled to react to the virus,
initially
refusing to call it an epidemic. Late Thursday, however, Córdova
gave an
address confirming the outbreak as an epidemic and announcing that all
public and private schools in Mexico City and the State of Mexico
would
close Friday.
Asked by reporters at a press conference why reaction to the virus
did not
take place sooner, after the first deaths were reported in March,
health
officials defended their response, saying their timing was indeed
swift
considering the circumstances. The Pan-American Health
Organization, or
PAHO, which has offices in Mexico and will send aid here, said
Mexico is
well-prepared but that it is difficult to detect a unique strain of
influenza as even a regular flu can prove deadly.
"It's not that things went undetected," said Daniel Epstein,
information
officer at PAHO. "You just don't always know what the cause is."
U.S. and Canadian officials announced an outbreak notice to
travelers, but
stopped short of telling citizens to avoid Mexico.
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