The H1N1 virus is still raising hell in Mexico.
Mexico urged its citizens to stay home Thursday, suspending government services and asking businesses to close for five days, amid the World Health Organization’s warning that a global flu pandemic appeared imminent.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in a televised address that only essential businesses such as supermarkets, hospitals and pharmacies should stay open, and only critical government workers such as police and soldiers would be on duty from Friday through Tuesday. School had already been canceled nationwide.