Tel Aviv: Mexico , the most affected, remained the key focus of swine flu fight and the compnay reported 176 deaths..!!
The first death outside of Mexico was in Texas where a 23 month year old died of the outbreak. Tha child had come with his family early in April.
World Health Organization’s Risk level has been raised to a 5 out of its maximun 6 indicating high pandemic probabilty.
The president of Mexico has asked his residents to stay home and has alos asked businesse to close for 5 days starting from Friday.
In Washington, Obama asked the citizens of America not to panic and said that the government “is taking the utmost precautions” and will stay on top of developments and respond accordingly and indicated that the situation is very serious.
Obama has asked the Congress to provide $1.5 billion in funding to deal with the swine flu.the money can be for vaccine and other services.
He rejected the prospect of closing the border with Mexico.
