The first confirmed swine flu fatality outside of Mexico is a toddler from Houston, Texas. According to a spokeswoman for the Houston Health and Human Services Department, the child had traveled with family from Mexico to Brownsville in South Texas. The child became ill in Brownsville and was taken to a Houston hospital and died Monday night.
"Even though we've been expecting this, it is very, very sad," Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Wednesday of the infant's death. "As a pediatrician and a parent, my heart goes out to the family."
This morning, President Barack Obama assured the public that the government is doing everything to control the virus.
Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Israel, Spain, Britain and Germany are some of the countries that has reported cases of swine flu.
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I love how the media/people are so quick to jump on news that it takes awhile to really get the true story.
The toddler was mexican, visiting Texas with his mexican family. He wasn't american.