Arriba Arriba Mehico!!

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"Hey who do not know about Mexico?

Rosalinda, Maria Mercedes, La Intrusa, beautiful beaches, handsome guys also beautiful girls."

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These were my first expressions as I was introduced to a person from Mexico when I was attending a course in Japan last 3 years. Moises Fernando Cortina, has been a neighbour sitting next to me in the Computer Lab for nearly 4 months during my Application of Multimedia Technology in E-Education course in Okinawa International Center, Japan. He is working as a Research Assistant at the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research of Mexico, (INIFAP). INIFAP´s main objectives are to generate and transfer knowledge and technological innovations for a sustainable development of agricultural, livestock and forestry production in Mexico.

All over the world, we were shocked by the emergence of the swine flu AH1N1 started in Mexico. So, I wrote him an email about a week ago asking him about the current situation in Mexico and of course to ask about his current news.

He replied my email about 2 days ago informing about the present condition in his country. Well, at least, I could get the original news from someone who is inside the battle.

In the email, he informed that the attack of swine flu AH1N1 is currently so strong in Mexico since 44 people have died until now. Last week, all institutions in Mexico were shut down for 10 days as they supposed that the period for controlling the epidemic would last within these days. The government started to give more specifications and task to be done by the people in Mexico in order to prevent the dissemination of the virus. They closed bars, meetings, restaurants, football matches, cinemas and more and more and more public places in all over the country, and the people were instructed to use a cover in face. Later, they decided to shut down the office activities.

After almost 2 weeks, nowadays they are going back with their everyday activities, Offices, Universities and schools shall be reopening gradually. All restaurants, cinemas, and normal crowded meetings will be carrying out extra preventative measure activities for controlling any new upbrake. For instance, in cinemas, a person must be separated for 4 seats, and the space in rows must be 2 rows, this kind of new specifications must be followed by many places...also in restaurants they are required to clean their hands very often, and use special liquid to eliminate any risk of virus...

Anyway, for me, it is not fair to blame this country for accidentally being a starting point of the spread virus. We are still learning more about this virus and we should thank them for being the frontlines doing a good job facing this situation.

He ended his email by saying this:

I will go to Mexico City next week, I need to work there for 2 days, and I will be just in the key position where this disease started. I am not afraid. We need to start all over again to get back to our ordinary activities and it is time to do it. Unfortunately, the economic, cultural, social and normal conditions of México were affected, and it will take time to be salvaged... but we are very optimistic that our lovely México will win this crisis as many others before.

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From Left Kuenzhang (Bhutan), Nesrin (Cairo), Susu (Fiji), me, Fernando (Mexico), Sol (Peru), Lomi (Philipines), Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

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Viva Mehico!!