Photo taken on May 2, 2009 shows Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing Ditan Hospital has been designated to treat influenza A/H1N1 by Beijing Health Bureau since April 28. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang) Photo Gallery>>>

15 in Beijing quarantine; took flight from Mexico with flu case

    BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen people, who were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1, are under quarantine, health authorities in the capital said Saturday.

Vice President and Spokesman of Beijing Ditan Hospital Cheng Jun speaks at a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2009. Beijing Health Bureau announced on Saturday that 15 passengers on the same flight with a confirmed case of influenza A/H1N1 infection from Mexico to Hong Kong via Shanghai had been quarantined in Ditan Hospital. Another two passengers on the same flight from Hebei Province and Jiangsu Province also had been isolated separately. All these 17 quarantined passengers haven't shown symptoms of flu by far. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang) Photo Gallery>>>

    None of the 17 have displayed any flu symptoms, the Beijing Health Bureau said.

    The Mexican, a 25-year-old male, arrived in Shanghai Thursday aboard flight Aeromexico 098, which carried 176 people and 13 crewmembers.  Full story

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