Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


0

Mexico Lowers Swine Flu Alert

Share

(Newser) – The swine flu epidemic is waning, Mexican officials said today, lowering the Mexico City alert level. Businesses in the capital will be allowed to reopen Wednesday, while schools will remain closed until health officials finish inspecting them. Global health officials were more guarded, but said there were no plans to raise the pandemic alert level any higher, MSNBC reports.

“We continue to see a number of infections related to travel in a number of different countries,” said the World Health Organization's acting assistant director-general, noting that the southern hemisphere is entering its typically flu-friendly winter. The WHO pandemic alert level is still at 5, or “imminent,” but it emphasized that not all pandemics are especially deadly.

A couple wearing masks as a precaution against swine flu walks past closed stores in Mexico City today.
A couple wearing masks as a precaution against swine flu walks past closed stores in Mexico City today.   (AP Photo)
A child wears a face mask as a precaution against swine flu as he is carried by his father during a wake in Mexico City on Saturday.
A child wears a face mask as a precaution against swine flu as he is carried by his father during a wake in Mexico City on Saturday.   (AP Photo)
A doctor wearing a bio-hazard protection suit stands at the entrance of the area where people suspected of contracting the swine flu virus are treated in Mexico City yesterday.
A doctor wearing a bio-hazard protection suit stands at the entrance of the area where people suspected of contracting the swine flu virus are treated in Mexico City yesterday.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.24.09
Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

150 Stories

h1n1 outbreak

Flu Pandemic Slacks Off, But 'It's Not Over'

Tamiflu-resistant cluster crops up in NC; 3 of 4 patients dead

Nov 20, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The swine flu outbreak is slacking off in some areas, but don't get complacent, officials say: Pandemics naturally fluctuate. "There can be multiple ups and downs over the season," says a CDC doctor. "We have many weeks ahead of us where disease is going to be circulating.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • influenza • Tamiflu • Duke University Medical Center. • pandemic • antiviral drugs • swine flu • H1N1 virus • CDC

h1n1 outbreak

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

Nov 20, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Norwegian scientists say they've discovered a mutated version of swine flu in two patients who died and another who is severely ill. The mutation "could possibly make the virus more prone to infect deeper in the airways and thus cause more severe disease," said the nation's health institute.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Norway • mutation • mutations • World Health Organization • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Our Immune System Already Prepared for Swine Flu

Disease isn't as contagious, deadly as feared

Nov 17, 09 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The initial fear that swine flu is a totally new virus that your immune system isn’t equipped to handle turns out to be pure hype. According to a new study, immune systems that have previously had contact with flu viruses recognize H1N1 and deal with it the same way,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
immune system • influenza • swine flu • H1N1 virus

150 Stories


Nearly 1,000 swine flu cases confirmed
CNN

Transmission puzzles scientists
United Press International


Science & Health  •  World 
TwitterFollow @NewserScience on Twitter

 
Mexico City • World Health Organization • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

from our news partners