Mexico: 32 dead from cold, 35 dead from flu during winter season

Posted on January 17, 2012 • Filed under: Latin America Health, Mexico, TRAVEL, Weather/Climate

At least 32 people have died because of problems stemming from the intense cold wave during the current winter season in Mexico and 35 from various types of influenza, reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health. In the last three months these deaths were recorded, according to health officials. In the case of persons who died from the cold, mainly due to hypothermia or carbon monoxide poisoning due to use of rudimentary heating systems failures in the devices used. Read Article

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