Mexico relaxes

Source: Agencies | May 23, 2009, Saturday |

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MEXICO City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green on Thursday, and the mayor said "we can relax" now that there have been no new infections for a week.

Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the change means the risk of contagion is low, the situation is under control and the images of countless people wearing blue surgical masks in cars, sidewalks, restaurants and theaters can be consigned to history.

City Health Secretary Armando Ahued said nobody has been hospitalized with respiratory infections in the last three days, and no swine flu cases have been confirmed since May 14.

The Health Department confirmed three more deaths on Thursday, raising the toll to 78 nationwide. A total of 4,008 people have been infected across Mexico. The country's confirmed toll has been rising as scientists test a backlog of samples from patients.

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Mexico relaxes

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