MEXICO CITY - MEXICO will next month host an international summit on H1N1 flu at the Caribbean beach resort of Cancun, the country's health minister said on Monday.

Representatives from 40 countries and the directors general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organisation will take part in the summit from July 1 to 3, Jose Angel Cordova said in a statement.

Less than two months after the A(H1N1) virus first emerged, Mr Cordova said the epidemic was now under control.

A few isolated cases have emerged this month, the last reported on June 3 and the last death on May 31, raising the number of fatalities in Mexico to 106.

The health minister said he may be able to remove a flu alert here later this month.

H1N1 flu has now spread to 73 countries with 25,288 people known to have been infected and 139 people killed, according to the latest WHO tally. It was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States in April.

Mr Cordova said Mexico was working on a project to create a H1N1 flu vaccine, which could be ready in three months. -- AFP