Britons warned not to journey to disease zone; TRAVEL.THE Foreign Office last night advised against all but essential travel to Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. because of the swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. outbreak outbreak see epidemic. . It follows the EU's warning that tourists should not go to the country unless unavoidable. The Foreign Office had originally sparked confusion by declaring it was safe to travel to Mexico. That left tourists having to make their own judgment call on whether to fly there. Ministers simply advised visitors to stay away from crowds and not shake hands or kiss anyone. But the Foreign Office website said later: "British nationals in or visiting Mexico may wish to consider whether they should remain there at this time.'' EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou warned: "People should avoid travelling to Mexico or the US." |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion