International Borders to Stay Open

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U.S. government officials said today that there is no need to close the U.S.-Mexico border despite more confirmed cases of swine flu a/h1n1 identified across the United States.
The centers for disease control and prevention say the outbreak is “intensifying” with 109 confirmed cases now in 11 states and probable cases in more states.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says it is safe to travel, but, there’s no need to close borders right now.
“The real focus now needs to be on what do we do to reduce the spread of the disease within our border, but closing the border in and of itself won’t have any kind of impact,” said Napolitano.
The U.S. government has 50 million treatment courses of the drugs tamiflu and relenza in the strategic national stockpile and has released 12,500 of those courses, making them available to all states, but prioritizing the states with confirmed incidents of the flu.