BIO NEWS FROM MEXICO. CALDERON, PART OF CALAMITIES

Eye´s Hurricane is quite while Jalisco and Hidalgo has the worst of pandemia now

México City.- In the sixteenth day from the health emergency declaration here caused by a porcine influenza outbreak, the center of the country is quite while the states of Jalisco in the Pacific coast(with a jump from 15 to 26 cases ant three deaths, at the west) and Hidalgo (47 new cases near Mexico City), Chiapas at south (with no schools and 222 cases) are having now their respective boom of the infection, and also Baja California with one death person (northern border with the United States), when all world sustain their fears for an unknowing mutation that could be more fatal than the AH1N1.

Yes, the very centre of the dangerous outbreak declared in this city on Thursday april 24 is going slowly into normality, but Hidalgo and Chiapas (southern state border with Guatemala) –two of the poorest rural states that form the Mexican republic has the worst now. The still health emergency also include Chihuahua (northern border too), Guerrero (pacific coast) and San Luis Potosí. The two last ones also are so poor, but San Luis Potosí have been attacked by the influenza also at the very beginning. Anybody can conclude the health care in this part of the country has the lowest national standards. Maybe like African states could be when influenza attack them.

Now mexican government are promoting one of it´s beautiful epidemiologic model, with probable curves that never happened. But opinions are well divided. Some government analysts says Calderon and his health minister upgrade their image. But the mainstream and better informed opinion looks this regime as part of the calamity.

By it side, world maintain its fear for the atypical brand new influenza and its mutations. World Health Organization reports 3,500 in 29 countries, with 48 deaths in Mexico, two in USA, one in Canada and another one deadly case in Costa Rica. At this moment, USA has more cases than Mexico with 2,254 confirmed cases against 1,626. USA didn´t close all schools at national level as Mexico did. School closure seems to be essential to block instantly a pandemia like this whenever occurs.

Mexico close schools and get paralyze itself for almost twelve historical days: from 24 april to may 6, when students go back to activities nationwide. At the meantime we know that A-H1N1 virus looks less fatal than the first reports. The good reaction to some antiviral medicine was the first good new at all that can stop influenza deadly cases so fast in Mexico City, with 20 millions inhabitants.