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Article: Destination News - Latin America / Caribbean.
- Article from:
- Airguide Online
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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May 3, 2009
Governments around the world rushed to reduce the impact of a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico and spread to the United States and Canada also reached Europe. While the swine flu virus has so far killed no one outside Mexico, the fact that it has proved able to spread quickly between humans has raised fears that the world may be facing the flu pandemic that scientists say is long overdue. Shares and oil prices fell in Asia and Europe, as investors feared a further shock to an already fragile global economy, if trade flows are curbed and manufacturing is hit. The US government has declared a public health ...
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Article: Swine flu: 10 things you need to know
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... ... it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million ... percent to half the population could catch swine flu during the course of this pandemic and ... savvy. 1. No cause for panic. So far, swine flu isn't much more threatening than regular ...
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