NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) April 27, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that concerns over the reported swine flu outbreak in Mexico do not have an immediate impact on the ratings assigned to the United Mexican States (BBB+/Stable/A-2 foreign-currency and A+/Stable/A-1 local-currency credit ratings) and other corporate and government entities in Mexico. "Although the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency because of the disease and there are reportedly more than 100 deaths in Mexico potentially related to the disease, at this point, we don't expect that the flu in and of itself will have a direct or immediate impact on the sovereign ratings on Mexico," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Lisa Schineller. However, depending on
