Hong Kong confirms Asia’s 1st swine flu case
Posted on May 1st, 2009
AP reports:
HONG KONG – A Mexican tourist visiting Hong Kong has become Asia’s first confirmed swine flu case, authorities said Friday, as they quarantined about 300 people at a hotel where he stayed and began searching for those he may have contacted.
With memories of 2003’s deadly SARS outbreak still fresh, officials ordered the weeklong quarantine and treatment [...]
