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CTV.ca | Mexico sends plane to pick up citizens in China
Updated Mon. May. 4 2009 7:45 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Mexico sent a plane to China Monday to pick up any citizens who wanted to return home after some 70 Mexican travellers were quarantined amid H1N1 flu virus fears.
Mexican ambassador Jorge Guajardo said China has quarantined more than 70 Mexicans in hospitals and hotels. Guajardo also said Mexicans arriving on flights to China were being taken into isolation.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon complained about the backlash against Mexicans abroad.
"I think it's unfair that because we have been honest and transparent with the world some countries and places are taking repressive and discriminatory measures because of ignorance and disinformation," Calderon said in an interview with state television.
"There are always people who are seizing on this pretext to assault Mexicans, even just verbally."
Calderon did not single out China but the country's Foreign Relations Department announced Monday it was sending a plane to China.
Mexican officials say the epidemic is waning but health officials around the globe say its still too early to make that claim.
"Certainly, maybe, this current round of activity has peaked, but we are only 10 days into this outbreak," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told reporters in Switzerland. "I think we would want to wait a while before making a definitive decision."
In Mexico, businesses and schools have been shut down since last Friday and officials are deciding when to allow things to get back to normal.
"We have succeeded in detaining or at least slowing the spread of the virus precisely because the measures have been the correct ones," Calderon said.
The World Health Organization says there have been 590 cases of the H1N1 flu virus and 25 deaths from the virus in Mexico.
Around the world, at least 1,033 people have been sickened by the virus.
With files from The Associated Press
Updated Mon. May. 4 2009 7:45 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Mexico sent a plane to China Monday to pick up any citizens who wanted to return home after some 70 Mexican travellers were quarantined amid H1N1 flu virus fears.
Mexican ambassador Jorge Guajardo said China has quarantined more than 70 Mexicans in hospitals and hotels. Guajardo also said Mexicans arriving on flights to China were being taken into isolation.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon complained about the backlash against Mexicans abroad.
"I think it's unfair that because we have been honest and transparent with the world some countries and places are taking repressive and discriminatory measures because of ignorance and disinformation," Calderon said in an interview with state television.
"There are always people who are seizing on this pretext to assault Mexicans, even just verbally."
Calderon did not single out China but the country's Foreign Relations Department announced Monday it was sending a plane to China.
Mexican officials say the epidemic is waning but health officials around the globe say its still too early to make that claim.
"Certainly, maybe, this current round of activity has peaked, but we are only 10 days into this outbreak," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told reporters in Switzerland. "I think we would want to wait a while before making a definitive decision."
In Mexico, businesses and schools have been shut down since last Friday and officials are deciding when to allow things to get back to normal.
"We have succeeded in detaining or at least slowing the spread of the virus precisely because the measures have been the correct ones," Calderon said.
The World Health Organization says there have been 590 cases of the H1N1 flu virus and 25 deaths from the virus in Mexico.
Around the world, at least 1,033 people have been sickened by the virus.
With files from The Associated Press
