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CTV.ca | Canada lifts travel advisory to Mexico
Canada lifts travel advisory to Mexico
Updated Mon. May. 18 2009 9:52 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Canada has lifted its travel advisory to Mexico, the epicenter of the global H1N1 virus, as the federal government says Canadians are not at any additional risk in the country due to the strain's spread in Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency will keep on checking travellers for signs of the flu, however.
But specific-travel measures such as distributing health alert notices to passengers on Canadian flights to Mexico, and having quarantine officers meet direct flights from Mexico to Canada, will be ceased.
Canada's top public health officer says the H1N1 strain's spread appears to be decreasing as the flu season is ending.
"It looks at this point like we're over the worst of it in Canada for this season," Dr. David Butler-Jones told reporters Monday
"But, again, I'm going to hedge my bets on that because we're watching very closely and it's still within the incubation period of previous cases, so you could see a second spike.
"But, so far, we've not seen that ... and the peak does appear to be -- in all three countries, actually, Mexico, the United States and Canada -- largely toward the end of April, beginning of May."
There have been more than 520 cases and one death linked to the H1N1 virus in Canada.