Swine Flu Status Report I Received For Baja CA

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Just received this from my timeshare operator in Cabo San Lucas. Hopefully everything will return to normal soon and the ships will once again head south to warmer waters.

 

April 30, 2009

 

STATE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR REMAINS FREE OF THE SWINE FLU VIRUS. NO CONFIRMED CASES NEITHER REGISTERED NOR SUSPECTED. STATE TOURISM SECRETARY ALBERTO TREVIÑO DECLARED THAT THE ENTITY IS VIRUS-FREE.

 

Baja California Sur is free of the swine flu virus; thus far there have been no confirmed cases nor are there any suspected cases statewide. Baja California Sur Secretary of Tourism Alberto Treviño stated that residents, domestic and international tourists may stay and visit the state’s tourist destinations with the security of knowing that throughout the state there are no cases of swine flu. Those tourists who are planning to visit our tourist destinations may do so without worrying about contracting the swine flu virus, and with the knowledge that state health authorities are working to maintain this controlled situation.

 

During the Touristic Tianguis (meeting) being held in Acapulco, Guerrero, Treviño said that “the tourism sector in Baja California Sur is operating normally and with the security that there are no precedents of the virus in any part of the state: from Guerrero Negro to Ciudad Constitución, from La Paz to Todos Santos and from Los Barriles to Cabo San Lucas”. Treviño added that “the tourism industry in Baja California Sur is undoubtedly one of the principal driving forces of the state’s economy, due to the teamwork of the business sector, society and government. For that reason, today more than ever all of us in Baja California Sur are working together in a responsible manner to improve the touristic development of our state”.

 

The Tourism Secretary reiterated that in his state, there is not even a suspicion of this virus, in that health authorities have sent ten samples from patients with common cold symptoms to Mexico City for analysis, and in each of the cases the result was negative. Even so, he emphasized that all precautions are being undertaken as a preventative measure, and that careful observation is underway at marine, ground and air terminals. Public and private schools have been closed, and the public has been warned against gathering in large crowds and in enclosed spaces.

 

As a further preventive measure, Treviño said that health officials have enough medicine and 120 special reagents in their possession to treat the disease in state health centers and hospitals. He therefore insisted that his state is free of the virus.