2009-04-27 14:03:03 UTC
Public events were suspended and <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcdrivingscu>residents</a> donned face masks as <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcnewsatlany>concern</a> grew over the outbreak.
Health <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcshowsq>experts</a> say tests so far seem to link it with a new swine flu <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcsoapoperas>virus</a> that sickened eight in the southern US.
US experts said they were taking the <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abclogoa>virus</a> seriously and working to learn as much as <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcnightlinez>possible</a> about it.
But both the US Centers for <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/jacksonabcu>Disease</a> Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said that there was no need at this point to issue travel <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abcnewsnightq>advisories</a> for parts of Mexico or the US.
In Geneva, the <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/abchoustony>WHO</a> said an emergency committee would likely convene over the weekend. It said it had prepared "rapid containment measures" in case they were needed.
In the US, the <a href=http://community.icontact.com/users/thebachelorav>White House</a> said it was monitoring events.
