Mexican Health Minister José Angel Córdoba revealed that H1N1 influenza cost US$4 billion, 0.4 percent of its GDP.

Mexico was the first country to detect the H1N1 threat. One hundred and ten people out of 9,028 infected have died. The meeting "Lessons Learned and Preparedness" is being held in Cancún with the participation of 43 countries.

Mexico's GDP fell 8.2 percent annually in the first trimester of the year, its second largest consecutive fall and the greatest since 1995, due to the United States' recession, its primary commercial partner.

The Mexican Government estimates its economy will contract by 5.5 percent this year and that it will begin to recover in 2010.