The World Health Organisation (WHO) has increased its global tally of confirmed cases of swine flu at 1,490.It informed that there have been 30 confirmed deaths, all but one of them in Mexico.
WHO’s flu chief Keiji Fukuda says most of the new confirmations came from Mexico.
He provided reporters in Geneva with no immediate breakdown of the cases and fatality figures.
Yesterday’s swine flu tally by WHO had been 1,085 cases, with 26 deaths.
On Wednesday, many of the businesses in Mexico that closed because of the flu epidemic last week are scheduled to reopen. On Thursday, universities and high schools will reopen, followed by elementary schools on Monday. Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the situation has stabilized.
He says the country can begin on a path toward normalcy, although he cautioned the virus is still present in the population and that people should continue to take precautionary measures to prevent its spread.
Mexico’s finance minister says the swine flu outbreak has cost his country’s economy at least $2.2 billion. Business leaders estimate that Mexico City alone has lost up to $60 million a day during the past week, after local authorities shut down bars, restaurants and other venues where people normally gather. Similar actions were taken in other parts of the country, as officials, on the advice of health experts, sought to limit the spread of the disease.
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