Tracking the Flu Outbreak - Monday


Published On: May 4th, 2009

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This live blog will track developments Monday related to the outbreak of the new H1N1 flu, from The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and other news services. For more coverage of the flu, see the WSJ.com /a> and the WSJ.com /a>.

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LATEST UPDATES

8:45 a.m.: China said Monday it had /a> with Mexico on repatriating nationals aboard specially chartered flights, days after Mexican officials sharply criticized China’s rounding up and quarantining scores of Mexicans when only one has been confirmed with the A/H1N1 flu.

8:30 a.m.: Shi Wenjing, a 27-year-old translator from Shanghai who is among the roughly 300 people quarantined at the Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong, /a> about her experience so far.

8:25 a.m.: Where things stand, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:

Deaths: 25 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a toddler from Mexico who died in Texas.

Confirmed sickened world-wide: 1,036: 590 in Mexico; 247 in U.S.; 101 in Canada; 44 in Spain; 18 in Britain; eight in Germany; six in New Zealand; four in Israel and France; two in El Salvador and Italy; one each in Austria, Costa Rica, Colombia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea and Switzerland.

U.S. confirmed cases from CDC or states: New York, 63; Texas, 43; California, 29; Arizona, 18; South Carolina, 15; Delaware, 10; Louisiana, New Jersey and Massachusetts, seven; Colorado, four; Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin, three; Connecticut, Kansas and Michigan, two; and one each in Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Idaho and Utah.

8:15 a.m.: In today’s Journal: Gautam Naik reports on how with the swine-flu outbreak just a month old, researchers /a> so far on mortality, transmissibility and incubation time. Dana Mattioli and Sarah E. Needleman report on how many U.S. employers are /a> and prevent production interruptions should the outbreak become more widespread. Andrew Browne reports on how the A/H1N1 flu outbreak is leading to a /a> between China and Mexico.

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