17:54, 04 May 2009 | GMT +5
WHO urges increased flu watch
MEXICO CITY. May 4. KAZINFORM Mexico's health secretary said the swine flu epidemic in his country ?is now in its declining phase,? even as the US and five other countries in Europe and Latin America reported new cases yesterday. The World Health Organization (WHO) urged increased flu surveillance in both humans and animals now that the H1N1 virus strain has infected pigs in Canada; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.

China quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers and Hong Kong isolated 350 people in a hotel as a precaution even though no new swine flu infections appeared in Asia.
Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa called the action ?unjustified? and warned Mexicans against visiting China. Ambassador Jorge Guajardo was refused access to 10 people held at Beijing Guomen Hotel; Kazinform cites the Arab News.
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