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A sign outside a drugstore reads 'Sorry, we're out of masks' at the Pino Suarez subway station in Mexico City. As a preventive measure against contagion of the deadly swine flu virus, more than 500 cultural and athletic events --including mass celebration-- have been scuttled by government order in the capital city alone, as authorities banned large gatherings for at least 10 days.

No more masks

(AFP / Getty Images Photo / April 26, 2007)

A sign outside a drugstore reads 'Sorry, we're out of masks' at the Pino Suarez subway station in Mexico City. As a preventive measure against contagion of the deadly swine flu virus, more than 500 cultural and athletic events --including mass celebration-- have been scuttled by government order in the capital city alone, as authorities banned large gatherings for at least 10 days.