Mexico City - Mexico's health authorities have confirmed the first mutation A/H1N1 viruses or commonly known as swine flu. Mexico is a country of origin of this virus.
"We confirm the first mutation in a girl who survived the disease transmission. Although this is the first, there are still 423 other cases, "said the Mexican Minister of Health Jose Angel Cordova, Thursday (4 / 3).
Cordova said the girls were treated two months ago at a hospital in the capital because of respiratory illness. He then returned again with a case of pneumonia, weight and recovered from the disease.
Minister of Health to contact anyone who faces the risk factors that can make them more susceptible to the virus to be vaccinated. He warned that the virus could mutate at any time, with serious consequences.
Some officials said that 1088 people have been killed in Mexico due to the virus, which is often referred to as swine flu since the outbreak first emerged in the country in April 2009. Nearly 16 thousand people have died worldwide from the virus sequence after the virus had spread to 212 countries and territories.
World Health Organization (WHO) last month declared too early to announce that a global flu epidemic peak has passed while infection is still rising in some areas such as western Africa.
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