The new strain of the flu was also confirmed in eight people in the u.

在美国加州和德州也有8名患者确诊为感染了新型猪流感。

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This is welcome news for U.S.health officials, who initially had to consider the possibility that the new flu strain's impact could mirror the devastation of the 1918 influenza pandemic that led to tens of millions of deaths worldwide.

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President Barack Obama spoke with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday afternoon to discuss both countries' "efforts to limit the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu strain and the importance of close U.S.-Mexican cooperation, " the White House said in a statement.

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