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The Swine Flu.

Since the out break of the swine flu there have been 26 deaths confirmed in mexico and 1 confirmed in the U.S, a toddler from Mexico who dies on Texas. More U.S. school closings announced, including all 24 schools in a district west of Detroit after a high school student came down with an apparent case of the illness. New York City high school that had 45 students with confirmed swine flu cases reopens. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about a third of confirmed U.S. cases are people who had been to Mexico and likely picked up the infection there. Most of Mexicos buisnesses are to be reopen Wednesday. Mexico City cafes, museums and libraries to reopen this week and chools to reopen after inspections are completed. Mexican government charters a plane to bring its citizens home from China after 70 Mexican nationals traveling in China were quarantined there. World Health Organization says slaughtering pigs unnecessary because virus is being spread through humans; says swine herd in Canada likely infected by farmworker who returned from Mexico. Ten more probable cases of swine flu were reported in Washington state on Sunday, bringing to 35 the number of probable cases in five counties. The Washington State Department of Health reported that 21 of the probable cases were in King County, which includes Seattle; 10 were in Snohomish County and one in Skagit County north of Seattle; one was in Pierce County, which includes Tacoma; and two were in Spokane County. In British Columbia, Michelle Stewart of the B.C. Health Ministry said seven new cases were reported, bringing the total of confirmed cases in B.C. as of Sunday to 29. Oregon reported three confirmed cases, with another 19 probable cases. The CDC on Sunday reported one confirmed case in a Kootenai County woman in northern Idaho. On Sunday, health officials raised the number of confirmed U.S. swine flu cases to 244 in 34 states. The new number, up from 160 on Saturday, reflects streamlining in federal procedures and the results of tests by states, which have only recently begun confirming cases, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC.