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EXPLAINED: Mexico s claudia sheinbaum blasts us screwworm response as exaggerated | Rare Historical Photos

Adult New World screwworm flies can lay hundreds of eggs [Denise Bonilla/US Department of Agriculture handout via AP]

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has denounced a decision by the United States to once again suspend imports of her country’s cattle over a flesh-eating parasite called the screwworm.

On Thursday, Sheinbaum used her morning news conference to call fears of the worm overblown. She pointed out that a single case in the eastern state of Veracruz had prompted the import pause.

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