Mexico’s economy suffers from swine flu
Mexico’s finance minister estimates that the swine flu is going to cost the country’s economy more than two billion dollars. The World’s Lorne Matalon speaks with a number of Mexicans about how the outbreak may not have hurt their health, but it certainly hurt their wallets.
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