The Mexican health minister on Friday defended the H1N1 alert he issued one year ago and said that Mexico's strict measures to contain the virus had helped avoid one million deaths.
The Mexican health minister on Friday defended the H1N1 alert he issued one year ago and said that Mexico's strict measures to contain the virus had helped avoid one million deaths.
"Mexico's response was transparent and immediate," Jose Angel Cordova said in comments to local media exactly one year after the release of the H1N1 alert spread panic across Mexico and the world.
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Find out the risks for contracting swine flu and take the necessary precautionary steps. Swine flu caused a pandemic in 2009 with several deaths reported worldwide.
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Since raising the H1N1 alert on April 23, 2009, Mexico has registered more than 72,000 cases, including almost 1,200 deaths out of more than 16,900 worldwide.
Tourists fled Mexico's famous beaches and pre-Hispanic ruins last spring when the key industry was already hard hit by the financial crisis, as well as reports of deadly drug violence.
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Mexico's economy shrunk 6.5 percent overall in 2009.
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A Year After, Mexico Still Recovering from Swine Flu
Swine flu was introduced to the world when tiny Mexican Edgar Hernandez fell sick one year ago and became a worldwide sensation.
Swine flu was introduced to the world when tiny Mexican Edgar Hernandez fell sick one year ago and became a worldwide sensation.
