Xu Jianguang, head of Shanghai municipal
health bureau, speaks at a press conference in Shanghai, east China, May
3, 2009. Sixty-eight people who were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai
flight with a Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in
Hong Kong, have been located and are in quarantine in Shanghai, health
officials told reporters Sunday. None have displayed any flu symptoms,
according to Xu Jianguang. (Xinhua/Liu Ying) Photo
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SHANGHAI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-eight people who
were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a Mexican national later
diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong, have been located and are in
quarantine in Shanghai, health officials told reporters Sunday.
None have displayed any flu symptoms, according to Xu
Jianguang, head of the municipal health bureau.
The Mexican, a 25-year-old male, arrived in Shanghai
Thursday aboard flight Aeromexico 098, which carried 176 passengers and 13 crew
members. The Mexican, together with some other passengers, flew on to Hong Kong,
taking China Eastern Airlines flight MU505.
The week-long quarantine in Shanghai affects 48
passengers whose destination was Shanghai, seven passengers who intended to go
on to other destinations, and the 13 crew members.
Health officials of Shanghai attend a
press conference in Shanghai, east China, May 3, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu
Ying) Photo
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They were divided into two groups in two hotels, one
in Nanhui district, the other in Pudong district.
Fifty-nine relatives of the 48 Shanghai passengers
were ordered to remain at home for observation.
Among the 176 passengers on AM098, excluding the 55
in Shanghai, 111 went to 18 Chinese provinces and municipalities, which have
taken similar measures against the epidemic, while 10 others left the Chinese
mainland, going to Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong.
Fifteen of those who went elsewhere in China remain
under a seven-day quarantine at a hotel in Beijing. None have developed flu
symptoms.
The Mexican became Hong Kong's first confirmed case
of influenza A/H1N1 infection Friday. It was also the first such case in Asia.
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- None of the passengers quarantined in China who took the same flight with a Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong had shown flu symptoms as of Sunday noon, China's health ministry said.
All the passengers aboard Thursday's Mexican flight Aeromexico 098 from Mexico City to Shanghai have been located, and those who remained in China were quarantined, the ministry said. Full story
BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- China's Health
Ministry will begin a daily status report on influenza A/H1N1 starting Sunday,
though the mainland has yet to report a case, the ministry said in a circular
Saturday.
The ministry will also report the condition of those who
were in close contact with influenza A/H1N1 patients, the circular said. Full story
BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) --
At least 113 people, who were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a
Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong, are under
quarantine, Chinese health authorities said Saturday.
None of them have displayed any flu symptoms so far.
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HONG KONG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- There has been no
new confirmed case of influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong apart from the city's first
case involving a Mexican man, who was now in stable condition in a local
hospital, officials said Sunday.
The Center for Health Protection received reports on 15
patients in line with the reporting criteria for influenza A/H1N1 within the
last 24 hours or so, but the possibility of infection has been ruled out for
five of them, while laboratory tests on the other ten were still going on, said
Thomas Tsang, controller of the center. Full story
HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The health and quarantine authorities of Hong Kong
and neighboring Shenzhen City have been simultaneously implemented health
declaration measures at cross- boundary control point here Saturday after Hong
Kong reported its first confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu infection.
A spokesman for the Department of Health of Hong Kong said
beginning 20:00 Saturday (GMT 1200), all incoming travelers via the Lo Wu
Boundary Control Point would be required to submit a completed Hong
Kong-Shenzhen Entry/Exit Health Declaration Form. Full story
