Monday, April 27, 2009

EU Warns Against Travel to USA

LUXEMBOURG - The European Union's health commissioner urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to the United States or Mexico due to swine flu.

She told reporters "they should avoid traveling to Mexico or the United States of America unless it is very urgent for them." (AP)

As one can only image that Japan will quickly fall into lockstep, I feel sorry for the folks in Hawaii who will likely see lots of empty rooms this season.
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1 comment:

Castaway said...

My private student yesterday told me that the Japanese Agricultural Minister officially declared Mexican pork as being safe to eat, provided that it's always cooked and not served raw.

Gotta wonder about these political games. Remember the good ol' days of BSE in the states? American beef disappeared off the menus in Japan so fast...


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