Hong Kong reports first confirmed flu case, quarantines hotel

    HONG KONG, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong reported the first confirmed case of influenza A/H1N1 infection in the city on Friday, prompting authorities to immediately raise the flu alert level from "serious" to the highest level of "emergency".

    "The patient is a Mexican arriving in Hong Kong on Thursday by air via Shanghai," Chief Executive Donald Tsang told reporters after an emergency meeting with senior officials of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government. Full story