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Health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to be a spreading swine flu outbreak.
In Mexico, suspected to be the epicenter of the outbreak, where as many as 103 deaths are thought to have been caused by swine flu. An additional 1,614 reported cases have been reported in the country.
The United States stepped up preparations for a possible epidemic of the virus after 20 cases were confirmed, and Canada announced its first cases of the virus Sunday - six mild cases.
Russia banned all meat imports from Mexico and the southern United States, and said it would screen incoming passengers from those two countries for swine flu by taking their temperatures.
China also banned meat from Mexico and from the U.S. states of Texas, California and Kansas.
Mexico City closed all its schools and universities until further notice because of the virus, and military troops distributed 4 million filter masks in the city of 20 million residents.
Officials have talked about shutting down the bus and subway system, and incoming international passengers at the country's airports are asked on a form whether they have various symptoms that might indicate that they're carrying the virus.
In the United States, the largest number of cases was in New York City, New York, where the CDC confirmed cases in eight students at preparatory school.
Concerns about the virus prompted Canada to issue a travel health notice and South Korea to say it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States.
Japan is expected to convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to come up with measures to block the entry of the virus into the country.
In New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers, who returned from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico, might have been infected. The group remains quarantined at home.
In Spain, six people -- all recently returned from Mexico -- were being isolated in hospitals, the country's health ministry said.
In Israel, doctors are running tests on a man who recently returned from Mexico with light flu symptoms. Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
