(05/02/2009)
(SCMP) HK confirms first swine flu case By Martin Wong and Loretta Fong. May 2, 2009.
Here are the local Chinese-language newspapers:
2009.5.2 亞視晨早新聞
Hong Kong's pandemic response level was raised to "emergency" - the top grade - last night after a Mexican man who flew to the city via Shanghai on Thursday became the first confirmed case of H1N1 human swine flu in Asia.
A hotel where the man stayed was placed under a seven-day quarantine lockdown - to the dismay of its 200 guests and 100 staff - as efforts began to trace passengers from his flight and taxi drivers who transported him after his arrival. The Metropark Hotel in Wan Chai, where the 25-year-old Mexican checked in before going to hospital on Thursday night, was cordoned off immediately after tests confirmed he was infected with the potentially deadly flu.
Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said last night: "I have to stress that people do not need to panic. I reiterate, we do not need to panic."
Mr Tsang, who heads a steering committee set up as planned as soon as the first confirmed case emerged, said the health director had implemented the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance to temporarily quarantine the Metropark Hotel. The law, which took effect last July, gives the government power to impose stringent public health measures in case of an emergency.
Mr Tsang's announcement came 30 minutes after the case was confirmed. Last night, the man was in a stable condition in Princess Margaret Hospital.
Before the announcement, top officials were seen rushing to the Murray Building to hold a crisis meeting, while a planned news conference in the afternoon on flu developments was abruptly cancelled.
Despite stressing that the government needed to adopt stringent measures to control spread of the virus, Mr Tsang said schools would remain open and public gatherings and exhibitions would continue as normal, but under strengthened hygiene conditions. "Under the present circumstances, I would rather act rigorously than miss the chance of containing the spread of the virus in Hong Kong," he said.
Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok told Metropark Hotel guests: "I hope you all understand. We all care for your health and hope you can co-operate with health inspectors and officials. We will give support and care."
Dr Chow said the sick Mexican had decided to consult a doctor at Ruttonjee Hospital after he developed common flu symptoms, including a sore throat and coughing. He became feverish after admission.
A preliminary test result yesterday morning was negative and it was not until the afternoon that health officials initially confirmed him as a swine flu carrier. Dr Chow said the man had stayed in his hotel room before going to hospital.
Two companions and a local friend who had close contact with the man had been found and admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation but none showed flu symptoms.
(SCMP) Hunt launched for 142 airline passengers and two cab drivers Yan Chui-yan and Will Clem. May 2, 2009.
The hunt was on last night for 142 air passengers and two taxi drivers who might have come into contact with the Mexican man who yesterday became Hong Kong's first confirmed case of human swine flu.
Health officials in particular want to trace passengers who were sitting three rows in front of and three rows behind the man as he flew to Hong Kong from Shanghai on China Eastern flight MU505.
They also want to find a taxi driver who took the man from the airport to his hotel on Thursday and one who took him from the hotel to hospital that night. The drivers and passengers who sat near to the man needed to be quarantined, health chief York Chow Yat-ngok said.
The man sat in seat 23A on the flight to Hong Kong, meaning officials want to quarantine those sitting from row 20 to 26, for seven days.
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The hunt has become necessary after the man passed through checks in Shanghai on the aircraft from Mexico on Thursday. He arrived in Hong Kong the same day and had yet to develop a fever.
AeroMexico flight 98 landed at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport shortly before 6am on Thursday, but it was another two hours before passengers were cleared to leave the aircraft, after health workers dressed in full-body protection suits and wearing masks, goggles and surgical gloves checked each individual for flu symptoms. They were all then allowed to pass through customs or transit to other flights
甲型流感H1N1肆虐，但吳君如卻表示「無有怕」。她表示，香港人對疫症有防禦能力， 她並不擔心疫情擴散。不過她也有加強防疫措施，回到家會換掉身上衣服，又經常強迫女兒 洗手，保持個人生。
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