Cuba Lifts Flu-Related Ban on Mexico Flights

The Cuban government said on Friday it would lift a suspension on Mexico flights imposed since April 30, saying the flu threat that prompted the ban had eased. Flights between the two countries could be resumed on June 1, the government’s Ministry of Public Health said in a statement published in Granma, the ruling Communist Party’s newspaper.

So far, the Cuban government has reported only four confirmed cases of the illness also known as swine flu. Three of the afflicted were Mexicans studying medicine in Cuba who had recently returned from trips home. The fourth was a 14-month-old Canadian boy brought to Cuba from Toronto by his parents. The Cuban government has said all four had received treatment and were doing well.

There are usually at least five scheduled flights daily between the two countries, flown by Mexicana Airlines and state-run Cubana Airlines.