Mexico shuts down economy as flu pandemic imminent | Reuters: "MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organization said a swine flu pandemic was imminent.
Calderon ordered government offices and private businesses not crucial to the economy to stop work to avoid further infections from the new virus, which has killed up to 176 people in Mexico and is now spreading around the world.
'There is no safer place than your own home to avoid being infected with the flu virus,' he said in his first televised address since the crisis erupted last week."
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