| | |  Health & Beauty | May 2009 
Mexico's Swine Flu Death Toll Rises to 44
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7:09 a.m. May 7, 2009
| | The main genetic components of the swine flu virus. World health chiefs admitted Thursday they had yet to get a handle on swine flu and warned against any lowering of the guard after Mexico, the epicentre of the epidemic, ended a nationwide lockdown. (AFP) | |
Mexico City — Mexico's health secretary says tests have confirmed two more deaths from swine flu, bringing the toll to 44.
Jose Angel Cordova says the two new deaths were a woman from the northern state of San Luis Potosi and a man from central Tlaxcala state.
He says they died a while ago but tests only just confirmed they had swine flu. He did not give a specific date for their deaths.
Cordova says 1,160 people have been sickened, up 90 from the previous confirmed number of cases. He said at a news conference Thursday that the number of new cases continues to decrease.
High schools and universities are reopening Thursday as Mexico gradually eases a nationwide shutdown designed to keep the swine flu outbreak from spreading. |
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