China will offer humanitarian aid worth US$5 million to Mexico, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The emergency humanitarian assistance comes in the wake of the epidemic of swine flu, and includes US$1 million in cash and material aid worth US$4 million, the ministry said.

The probable death toll from swine flu in Mexico rose to 159, the Mexican Health Ministry said late Tuesday.

(Xinhua News Agency April 29, 2009)