Spain remains calm despite 16th death from A/H1N1 flu

A 48-year-old woman with previous health issues became the fourth fatality from the virus in two days when she died in Madrid on Monday.

Three other victims died over the weekend in the southern province of Andalusia.

Jose Martinez Olmos, the General Director of Health, on Tuesday assured the country there was no reason for panic.

"The incidence of the disease is still low," he insisted, highlighting that the level of 34 cases per 100,000 people is well below normal winter levels for flu cases.

Olmos said the government would not be forced into panic measures, such as closing schools or vaccinating the entire population, a measure demanded by the opposition Popular Party.

"The World Health Organization doesn't recommend any specific measures with respect to schools. There is no argument to justify the closure of schools," he said; Kazinform refers to China View.

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