After spending nearly $2.2 billion during the recent outbreak of the swine flu, Mexico annouced that it plans to restart its economy. Restaurants and schools are scheduled to be reopened and the government is looking at a $1.3 billion dollar stimulus package, aimed to help small businesses and tourism. In the midst of some 840 confirmed cases of the swine flu, nearly 2.4 MILLION treatments of antiflu drugs were sent by WHO to various countries hit by this epidemic. These prices were part of the tole taken on the high government spending. On the flip side, however, countries associated with WHO can possibly look at these shipments of medicine as beneficial to the medical markets. Other factors hurting Mexico's economy are the decline in tourism and decreased exports of pork (thought to be related to this epidemic). Such plans as "Mexican Finance Secretary Augustin Carstens, who unveiled plans to stimulate key industries and fight bans on Mexican pork products" are necessary in order to bring Mexico's economy back up. One more toll on the government's economy is the large payment in order to have all facilities cleaned before the reopening of Mexico City. Mexico has recently spent $1.5 million on cleaning products. No coincidence then, is it that today (rather than celebrating Cinco de Mayo) the people of Mexico are sanitizing with cleaners such as bleach in hopes that they can put this epidemic behind them with the reopening of safe and bacteria-free facilities.
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