Swine Flu Death Confirmed in Texas, First Casualty Outside Mexico

The death of a 23-month-old child in Texas has been attributed to the recent outbreak of swine flu and is the first casualty recorded outside Mexico where more than 150 people have died from the virus.

According to officials the child had travelled from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas and after falling ill was transported to a Houston hospital and died on Monday. The Centers for Disease Control confirmed the death was linked to the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the swine flu.

News of the child’s death comes as more countries confirm swine flu cases and debate over what to do to prevent its spread continues. The UN’s World Health Organization has already said it is too late to close borders or impose travel restrictions, encouraging good hygiene as a method to prevent the spread instead.

Along with Mexico and the United States swine flu cases have been documented in Canada, Spain, the UK, Germany, New Zealand, Israel and Austria. Despite the WHO’s assertion that travel restrictions would not help France plans to ask the European Union to suspend flights to Mexico.

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