Mexico City returns to business after 5-day shutdown

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-07-2009 09:03

Mexico City has returned to business after a 5-day nationwide shutdown ordered to prevent the spread of the A-H1N1 flu.

Newspaper vendors, salesmen hawking trinkets and panhandlers were among the many residents who returned to work Wednesday.

People have breakfast at a restaurant in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Mexico ended a five-day, government-ordered shutdown designed to contain the swine flu virus.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Cafes opened for business for the first time in five days, and many corporate offices also reopened. Wearing masks and gloves, employees from government offices and private companies were also back at work.

High schools and universities in Mexico City will reopen on Thursday, and primary schools will do so next week.

Mexico's shutdown was aimed at containing the spread of the A/H1N1 flu which claimed fewer victims in the country as it mobilized an aggressive public health response.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei