Mexico seeks WB $ 400 m loans for flu vaccines

Mexico's swine flu death toll rose to 179 after 15 more deaths were recorded within a week, the health ministry has said.

The number of cases from A(H1N1) rose to 20,681, in the third worst affected country after the United States and Argentina.

All regions in the country where the outbreak began in April have now been affected, with central and southern regions worst hit.