 Public buildings have closed across Mexico City because of the outbreak |
World health experts are investigating a new strain of flu that may have killed as many as 60 people in Mexico.
The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said tests so far seem to link Mexico's outbreak with a swine flu virus that had sickened eight in the southern US.
Eight swine flu cases identified in U.S.
...None of the American victims has had any contact with pigs and only one of them has traveled to Mexico recently, he said....
Boy, 7, Is San Diego's 4th Case of Swine Flu
By RORY DEVINE, ERIC S. PAGE and MICHELLE WAYLAND
Updated 3:10 PM PDT, Fri, Apr 24, 2009
I wondered where it might have come from, since there is very little agriculture left in San Diego due to drought conditions and most of the county is not zoned for animals other than household pets, or small caged animals. If you can afford enough land for a horse corral around here, chances are your snooty neighbors don't want pigs in the neighborhood.
Venture capital firm set to reap rewards on swine flu
Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:11pm BST
(snopes.com) Does Donald Rumsfeld own stock in the company that makes Tamiflu?
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