1. Wide shot, Boeing 474 touching down
2. Wide shot, Boeing 474 parking
3. Med shot, medicines container being checked
4. Med shot, medicines container being check by authorities
5. Close shot, medicines being checked by a man
6. SOUND UP (Spanish) Dr. Philippe Lamy, PAHO7WHO Representative in Mexico:
¨Here there are more than 200,000 treatments for this illness.”
7. Med shot, press conference
8. Med shot, official delivery of Oseltamivir from PAHO7WHO to Mexican government
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dr. Jose Angel Cordova Health Minister Mexico:
¨Fortunately, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, are the two drugs used to cure people. This is the important matter. When an epidemic appears, the anguish and panic are the most delicate points among people, because they want to know if there is any cure for this virus. First is to know how not to acquire it, and second, if they fall sick, if they are going to have a cure. So, the fundamental element is to assure. Ok, you can get sick, but we have medications, and if you go at the beginning, nothing will happen…
10. Med shot, hospital for respiratory disease in Mexico City
11. Med shot, entrance of Emergency Room
12. Med shot, reception of hospital
13. Med shot, doctor doing a swab test on a patient
14. Med shot, inside hospital nurse with a patient
15. Wide shot, hospital room nurses putting a patient on a bed
16. Med shot, nurse giving medicine to an A (H1N1) patient
17. Med shot, nurse checking the high blood pressure of a woman with A (H1N1)
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Laura Leal, A (H1N1) patient:
¨They fought and fought for me to be saved, and thank God I’m here, and I’ll be out in a moment, I’m going home.”
19. Wide shot, hospital room nursing taking care of an A (H1N1) patient
20. Close up, A (H1N1) patient on a bed
21. Med shot, people walking at church with masks
22. Wide shot, Mexican National Cathedral
23. Med shot, Mexican flag

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A cargo shipment carrying over six tons of antiviral medicine arrived in Mexico City on Sunday (10 May) delivering more than one million tablets of Oseltamivir, the generic form of Tamiflu.

The medicine was donated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help combat the A (H1N1) influenza virus.

SOUNDUP (Spanish) Dr. Philippe Lamy, PAHO7WHO Representative in Mexico:
¨Here there are more than 200,000 treatments for this illness.”

At a press conference on Tuesday (12 May), the health minister of Mexico Dr. Jose Angel Cordova said that the drugs will help to calm the “panic” in people who are seeking treatment.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dr. Jose Angel Cordova Health Minister Mexico: ¨Fortunately, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, are the two drugs used to cure people. This is the important matter. When an epidemic appears, the anguish and panic are the most delicate points among people, because they want to know if there is any cure for this virus. First is to know how not to acquire it, and second, if they fall sick, if they are going to have a cure. So, the fundamental element is to assure. Ok, you can get sick, but we have medications, and if you go at the beginning, nothing will happen.”

With a population of 20 million, Mexico City alone needs large quantities of antiviral medicine. The outbreak, which began at the end of April forced the entire city to shut down to stop the sickness from spreading.

Although Mexican officials say the worst is over, the WHO is advising countries to be ready for the possibility of the A (H1N1) to turn into something much more serious.

Oseltamivir is not a cure, but is effective against the virus. After receiving antiviral treatment, patient Laura Leal is glad to be going home.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Laura Leal, A (H1N1) patient:
¨They fought and fought for me to be saved, and thank God I’m here, and I’ll be out in a moment, I’m going home.”

According to the WHO, Mexico has reported 2059 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 56 deaths.