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Saturday night in Mexico


Another batch of quick translations of headlines from El Universal: (But the real shocker for me is the photo of the Paseo de la Reforma, looking toward the Angel, with almost no one in sight.)

The health ministry reports 81 presumed dead from influenza; only 20 are confirmed H1N1. A primary teacher, infected with flu, waited over two hours to receive Oseltamivir.

Schools will resume on May 6 (May 5 is a national holiday). Federal police have distributed 2 million masks. The health ministry will isolate influenza patients.

Overseas, WHO has met but made no decisions on swine flu. The EU says it can't contain the flu. "Gripe porcina" confirmed in New York and Kansas. Asia taking precautions.

The site also has several videos, including one of the WHO's new Mexico center to monitor the outbreak.