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Mexico faces heat over flu response

CONFUSED: Despite an annual health budget of US$5 billion, Mexico’s health chief said his agency didn’t have the resources to visit the families of the dead

AP , MEXICO CITY

The government has insisted it acted quickly and decisively when presented with the evidence of a new virus.

But even as it did so, it acknowledged the outbreak began earlier than April 12, the date it had previously linked to the first case.

Cordova confirmed on Monday that a four-year-old boy who was part of an outbreak in eastern Veracruz state that began in February had swine flu. He later recovered.

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