Mexico Orders All Schools Closed

Schools Swine Flu The death toll has climbed to 149 in Mexico due to swine flu..
by Associated Press
Published: Mon, April 27, 2009 - 11:13 am CST Last Updated: Mon, April 27, 2009 - 11:19 am CST
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's government is ordering closed
schools nationwide as the suspected death toll from swine flu
climbed to 149.
Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova says only 20 of the deaths
have been confirmed to be from swine flu and the government was
awaiting tests results on the rest.
He says 1,995 people have been hospitalized with serious cases
of pneumonia since the first case of swine flu was reported on
April 13. The government does not yet know how many were swine flu.
Of those hospitalized, 1,070 have been released.
Cordova says school at all levels nationwide are suspended until
May 6. Schools had already been suspended in Mexico City and five
of Mexico's 32 states.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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