http://www.wptv.com/mostpopular/story/EU-warns-against-travel-to-US-Mexico/1rN53vOGmUG32fp0GIrzLQ.cspxLUXEMBOURG (AP) -- EU health commissioner warns Europeans to avoid nonessential travel to Mexico, US because of concerns over Swine Flu.
Mexican authorities say the death toll has now surpassed 100, suspected patients in excess of 1600.
China, Russia and Taiwan said it would quarantine visitors showing symptoms of the virus amid a surging global concern about a possible pandemic. India will start screening people arriving from Mexico, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Britain and France for flu-like symptoms.
World stock markets fell as investors worried that the deadly outbreak could go global and derail any global economic recovery. Airlines took the brunt of the selling.
Top German holiday tour operator, TUI, said it was suspending charter flights to Mexico City.
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