国产人人色I色婷婷综合久久中文字幕雪峰I奇米色777欧美一区二区I久热久热aV爽青青在线I国产av喷水I国产伦精品一区二区三区免.费I高潮av在线Iww欧美一级I91天天看I黄a在线91I九一无码中文字幕久久无码色…I丰满国产精品视频二区

Global General

Special

Newsmaker

Asia Pacific

America

Middle East

Europe

Africa

Mexico shuts many govt offices, businesses

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-30 10:44

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's government is temporarily suspending all nonessential activity of the federal government and private business as the number of confirmed swine flu cases jumped.

Full Coverage:  Swine Flu Outbreak Related readings:  WHO warns swine flu threatening to become pandemic  Mexican soccer fans banned in swine flu alert  US reports one flu death, WHO mulls alert level  WHO: Total number of confirmed swine flu cases rises to 114

Health Secretary Jose Cordova says nonessential federal government offices will be closed from May 1-5. He said all nonessential private businesses must also close for that period but essential services like transport, supermarkets, trash collection, hospital will remain open.

Treasury Secretary Agustin Carstens says the flu epidemic may cost the economy between 0.3 and 0.5 percent of GDP.

So far seven deaths have been confirmed in Mexico -- the epicenter of the current outbreak -- although Mexican officials have said the new multi-strain virus is suspected in 159 deaths. More than 1,300 people are also in hospital with flu symptoms, of which 49 are confirmed cases of swine flu.

The United States has the next largest number of confirmed cases -- 91 spread across 10 states -- and a Mexican toddler became the first person outside Mexico to die from the disease while visiting relatives in Texas.