Swine flu: Midland tourists ‘in dark about outbreak’
Thomson and First Choice Holidays said they had not yet cancelled flights later in the week from Birmingham to Cancun but a decision would be made later today.
So far 152 people are thought to have been killed in Mexico by the virus, which is caused when the H1N1 strain associated with pigs crosses over to the human population.
Outbreaks have also been confirmed in the United States, Canada and Spain. Suspected cases from New Zealand to Israel were raising concern that the new virus was spreading rapidly.
It was also confirmed that four people in the Republic of Ireland were being tested.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Dublin said the results of those tests were expected this morning.
WHO’s assistant director-general Keiji Fukuda said “at this time containment is not a feasible option” as the virus has already spread to several other countries.
