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President Felipe Calderon asked the Minister of Health José Angel Cordova to notify as soon as the Mexican laboratories have ready the vaccine against Swine Flu H1N1 virus, or even head on to purchase it through international markets.
The efforts and resources that have been focused on the production of the Influenza vaccine should not cease [...]

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After the Influenza scare that started in Mexico smart travellers have taken advantage of the post-swine flu vacation and airline deals that are offered for the summer.
It is; of course, right to be concerned about an H1N1 outbreak. Australia is taking some of the most stringent measures of anywhere in the world to stop the [...]

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Mexico will next month host an international summit on swine flu at the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun, the country’s health minister said Monday.
Representatives from 40 countries and the directors general of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization will take part in the summit from July 1 to 3, Jose [...]

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Air Europa has resumed flights to Cancun today after the influenza flu outbreak, now that all guarantees have been issued from the Mexican government and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Luis Mata the general sub director of Travelplan also tour operator of the Globalia airline.
The group has decided to undertake once again its operations [...]

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It’s been two weeks since the State Department and the Centers for Disease Control lifted their travel warnings on travel to Mexico, and the deals are rolling in.
The CDC lifted its recommendation against nonessential travel to Mexico on May 15, citing evidence that Mexico’s flu outbreak was slowing down, increasing numbers of cases in the [...]

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Diana Flores eases into an empty swinging poolside daybed, staring contentedly at the turquoise Caribbean Sea. “I feel like I’m in a Corona commercial,” the Los Angeles resident says, beckoning a waiter. Flores, 52, and her husband had priced out nearby Laguna Beach and Palm Springs for the long Memorial Day weekend. But nothing beat [...]

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Need a last-minute vacation? Deals to Mexico abound and now is a good time to go as the swine flu scare has proven to be less menacing that imagined. Some resorts are offering a flu-free guarantee to customers and discounts of up to 70 percent, sometimes in addition to other deals such as kids staying [...]

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Scottish tourists yesterday defied the threat of swine flu to jet off to Mexico, just a few weeks after the holiday destination was paralyzed in the grip of the virus.
Though health officials warn that the world remains on the brink of a pandemic, tourists´ lust for sunshine overcame their fears as they lined up at [...]

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have downgraded warnings about travel to Mexico but deals are still abound to get tourists to come back.
Early on in the swine flu outbreak, the CDC urged people to avoid nonessential travel to that country, but that was changed May 15 to just a precaution for people at high [...]

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Desperate to woo back travelers who cancelled trips in the wake of Mexico’s swine flu outbreak, more than 20 coastal resort hotels have launched a “flu-free guarantee”: Guests who catch the H1N1 virus in Mexico — and have the blood test to prove it — can get their next three vacations for free.
The initiative comes [...]

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