According to Agence-France Presse, Mexican authorities on Friday confirmed a swine flu outbreak and said they were probing 45 possible deaths and 943 possible cases.*
Mexico's Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova urged people to avoid large crowds, shaking hands, kissing people as a greeting, or using the subway.
"This afternoon the epidemic was confirmed by Canadian and U.S. labs to be a new influenza virus," Cordova said in a televised statement late Thursday.
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