Chinese authorities have quarantined more than 70 apparently healthy Mexicans who they believe may have swine flu, Mexico's ambassador to Beijing said Sunday.
U.S. president Barack Obama said on Saturday he will take whatever necessary measures to prevent the flu outbreak and protect the safety and security of the American people.
China is to send a plane to Mexico to bring back some of its stranded tourists, Xinhua news agency reported Saturday, after a man was detected as the first confirmed case known as swine flu in Asia.
Delta Air Lines Inc., Continental Airlines Inc., United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. have each cut flights to Mexico following a reduction in demand due to the swine flu outbreak.
Mexico's flu outbreak appeared to be stabilizing on Saturday but officials warned it was too early to ease vigilance against an unpredictable virus which still threatens a global pandemic.
Major U.S. airlines including Delta Air Lines, U.S. Airways, Continental Airlines and UAL Corp's United Airlines said they were cutting services to Mexico on Friday, citing lower demand for flights to the country hard hit by a flu outbreak.
(Corrects number of countries with confirmed flu cases to 15)
Major U.S. airlines including Delta Air Lines, U.S. Airways, Continental Airlines and UAL Corp's United Airlines said they were cutting services to Mexico on Friday, citing lower demand for flights to the country hard hit by a flu outbreak.
U.S. Airways, Continental Airlines and United Airlines parent UAL Corp temporarily cut service to Mexico on Friday, citing lower demand for flights to the country hardhit by a flu outbreak.
United Airlines parent UAL Corp said on Friday it would temporarily cut service to Mexico, becoming the second major U.S. airline to curb service to the country hit hard by a flu outbreak.
As of the World Health Organization reports Friday, there are 11 countries and 331 cases were confirmed to have been infected with the influenza A (H1N1).
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Mexican officials voiced hope on Friday they were getting a handle on an outbreak of a new flu strain as doctors sought to understand how dangerous it is, how far it might spread and where it came from.
Continental Airlines Inc said on Friday it had temporarily reduced service to Mexico, citing lower demand as a deadly strain of flu spreads.
Continental Airlines Inc said on Friday that it had made temporary cuts to its seat capacity to Mexico, citing lower demand as a new strain of flu spreads.
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U.N. Security Council members see no point withholding an IMF loan or taking other steps to punish Sri Lanka, the council's president said, as Colombo again rejected foreign calls for a ceasefire with rebels.
Mexico started a five-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was dropping.
Mexico's state owned oil and gas company Pemex maintains operations on its production, distribution, storage, offshore terminals and export facilities despite a federal government call to suspend all non essential economic activities to avoid the propagation of the swine flu virus.
The World Bank announced Thursday that a Bank staff member in Washington DC was preliminarily diagnosed with the Swine Flu on April 29.
A deadly swine flu outbreak could push Mexico into a recession so deep it might rival the mid-1990s Tequila Crisis financial meltdown, as the economy shuts down and tourists stay away.
Egypt started seizing and slaughtering herds of pigs on Thursday as a precaution against swine flu, officials and farmers said, despite resistance by farmers and criticism from the United Nations.
