China’s Health minister Chen Zhu Friday apologised to his Mexican counterpart for failing to warn him about the tough measures Beijing imposed on Mexicans to combat swine flu.
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Beijing quarantined dozens of Mexicans at the height of the A(H1N1) outbreak, cut flights to Mexico and barred pork imports.
The measures were angrily denounced in Mexico, which was the centre of the swine flu outbreak that has since spread around the world, and been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
In May Mexican authorities had to charter a plane to repatriate 136 of its nationals from China after they were thrown into isolation.
Chen said such measures were not aimed “against the people” but sought to “reduce the number of infections linked to international travel during the first wave of the pandemic and to win time to battle an imminent second wave.”
He also thanked Mexican authorities for sharing information about the flu outbreak in a transparent way, “which helped trigger the international reaction.”
The A(H1N1) virus has already infected some 77,201 people in 120 countries and led to 332 deaths, according to the latest WHO figures.
Source: IntelliAsia, AFP News, o6.07.2009
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