The WHO said the virus from 18 of the Mexican patients was the same genetically as a new strain of swine flu, H1N1.

世卫组织指出，墨西哥感染病例中已有18例被证实感染了H1N1型猪流感病毒的一个新毒株。

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Cruise companies, such as Carnival, have canceled stops at several Mexican ports due to the flu alert and a handful of Latin American countries temporarily suspended flights to and from Mexico.

由于收到流感警告，“嘉年华”等游艇公司已经取消了在墨西哥某些港口的停靠，少数拉丁美洲国家也暂时停飞了到墨西哥的航班。

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Until all of the Mexican cases are properly examined, authorities cannot know whether patients suffering from flu-like symptoms actually got this new bug or merely some older, less worrisome one.

在墨西哥的所有病例都妥善检查之后，官方才能得知这些出现流感症状的病人患有的是否真的是这种新型病毒还是仅仅只是一些较老型的、不是那么好担忧的流感病毒。

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Mexican health officials suspect at least one hundred fifty-two people have died from swine flu.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

Hong Kong health authorities closed off the hotel on May 1 after a confirmed swine flu case - a Mexican tourist who stayed there.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

Earlier Wednesday,health officials announced the first swine flu fatality in the United States was a Mexican baby who was visiting relatives in the state of Texas.

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The Mexican flu had been especially vicious among the young, though death by other means had not spared any age group.

NPR: Excerpt: 'World Made By Hand'

By Tuesday, Mexican health officials suspect that the swine flu outbreak has caused more than 159 deaths and roughly 2, 500 illnesses.

CNN: World battles swine flu as death toll rises

In 2009, the city quarantined 286 guests staying at a downtown hotel for seven days after a Mexican traveller was confirmed as contracting swine flu.

BBC: Sars legacy still felt in Hong Kong, 10 years on