Mexico City cancels public events to contain flu

Mexico City: Mexico City officials say they are suspending all public events for another 10 days as they try to contain an epidemic of the new swine flu - a strange mix of human, pig and bird viruses that has epidemiologists around the world deeply concerned.

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the city has enough medicine to treat those infected but says the focus of the city is on containment efforts.

Mexico City Health Secretary Armando Ahued says health officials have detected another 10 possible cases of people infected with the rare virus.

City officials say some 1,004 people have been infected nationwide. Tests show 20 people in Mexico have died of the swine flu strain. Forty-eight other deaths were probably due to the same strain.