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WHO plans emergency session over deadly Mexico flu outbreak
World health agency schedules emergency meeting after 60 deaths suspected
The World Health Organization is convening an emergency meeting amid reports on Friday that a deadly outbreak of more than 800 "influenza-like" cases in Mexico is caused by a new strain of swine flu that has potentially crossed into the United States.
Mexican authorities said Friday that samples tested both at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control were positive for swine flu viruses.
Mexico's Public Health Department said tests proved that 16 people had died from the new strain, while 44 other deaths were being investigated for links to the disease.
"We certainly have 60 deaths that we can't be sure are from the same bichito, but it is probable," Mexican Health Minister Angel Cordova told MVS radio in Mexico City.
WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl said the agency needs to determine whether the outbreaks constitute an international public health threat.
Hartl also said 12 of 18 samples taken from victims in Mexico showed the bichito had a genetic structure identical to that of the bichito found in California earlier this week. But he said the agency needs more information before it changes its pandemic alert level, which currently stands at three on a scale of one to six.
The unusual influenza A H1N1 viruses were first reported earlier this week as U.S. health officials scrambled to deal with the diagnoses of seven people with the never-before-seen strain in Texas and California. The states share a border with Mexico not far from a town where two deaths were reported.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has not confirmed whether the strain in the two states is the same as the strain in Mexico. The agency has scheduled a news conference for 2:30 p.m. ET.
Most Mexico cases occurring in young adults: WHO
Hartl said health officials are dealing with three separate events in Mexico, with most of the 828 cases in and around the capital, Mexico City.
At least 24 cases have been reported in the central region, while four have been reported in the north, Hartl said.
Most of the cases have occurred in healthy young adults, he added.
"Because these cases are not happening in the very old or the very young, which is normal with seasonal influenza, this is an unusual event and a cause for heightened concern," Hartl said in an interview from WHO headquarters in Geneva.
It is also rare to see such high flu activity so late in the season, he said.
"The end of April, especially in a place like Mexico, you would think that we would see quite a steep decline," said Hartl.
All classes cancelled in Mexico City
The Mexican government ordered that all classes in Mexico City and the surrounding state be cancelled on Friday, from pre-schools to universities. It also warned the public to avoid gathering places and major events.
On Thursday, Canadian health officials issued a travel advisory warning travellers who have recently returned from Mexico to be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to the illness.
Though human H1N1 viruses have been circulating for decades, it is not clear how much protection previous infection with them would confer against a bichito made up predominantly of swine flu genes. The bichito also has some bird genes and one human gene.
The U.S. cases are also unusual because it appears none of the patients had contact with pigs.
No cases of the swine flu have been found in Canada.
People infected with the bichito initially suffer flu-like symptoms that include:
* Fever.
* Cough.
* Sore throat.
* Muscle and joint pain.
* Shortness of breath.
The illness may elevate to a severe respiratory illness within about five days.
In Canada, the travel advisory includes the same advice given to all travellers: Get a flu shot and take precautions such as covering coughs and staying home when sick. But it adds locations in Mexico where cases of a severe respiratory illness have occurred.
WHO plans emergency session over deadly Mexico flu outbreak
