First swine flu death outside Mexico
The US reported its first casualty from swine flu today. It occurred in a toddler in Texas. It has been expected that eventually there would be mortality from swine flu outside of Mexico.
Though it is not a full blown pandemic as yet, the WHO have declared that is not longer containable. Because of this, travel restrictions are of no use in controlling it. Yet, many people have changed their holiday plans and even some travel agents have cancelled trips to Mexico.
The number of confirmed cases have risen around the world, despite the fact that the actual number of confirmed cases in Mexico have declined. This is because they applied more rigorous testing to the samples. Could it be that it is not swine flu that is causing all the problems?
