as of last night, this news struck hongkong pushing swine flu to the emergency alert level. i guess hk people didnt want to risk any further. prevention than cure. it only takes one to spread the disease and once it's carried to more and more people, the harder it is to contain. there has been precaution on the virus on different levels - national (news, TV), company (memo), even building memos are release.
"Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of swine flu, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said.
''We have our first confirmed swine flu case in Hong Kong. He is Mexican,'' Tsang said.
The Mexican arrived yesterday via Shanghai from his home country, Tsang said.
The man checked into Metropark Hotel in Wan Chai before seeking treatment at Ruttonjee Hospital for flu symptoms. He developed a fever in the middle of the night after being warded.
Tests conducted by both the Department of Health and the University of Hong Kong found he was positive for swine flu.
He is in stable condition, Tsang said, at Princess Margaret Hospital, the designated facility for any swine flu, or H1N1, cases.
The hotel has been cordoned off.
''I will raise the alert level from serious to emergency,'' the chief executive said.
Despite putting the city on the highest level of alert, Tsang said all social activities and exhibitions will go ahead as normal and schools will remain open."
''We have our first confirmed swine flu case in Hong Kong. He is Mexican,'' Tsang said.
The Mexican arrived yesterday via Shanghai from his home country, Tsang said.
The man checked into Metropark Hotel in Wan Chai before seeking treatment at Ruttonjee Hospital for flu symptoms. He developed a fever in the middle of the night after being warded.
Tests conducted by both the Department of Health and the University of Hong Kong found he was positive for swine flu.
He is in stable condition, Tsang said, at Princess Margaret Hospital, the designated facility for any swine flu, or H1N1, cases.
The hotel has been cordoned off.
''I will raise the alert level from serious to emergency,'' the chief executive said.
Despite putting the city on the highest level of alert, Tsang said all social activities and exhibitions will go ahead as normal and schools will remain open."
wanchai is around 5 MTR stations away from my place, 5-10mins by train. i would have wanted to hear mass in Central, remit money in western union but that would mean passing by wanchai. i guess i'll find a nearer Church and shop. there's this growing paranoia, which i cant shake off , and i won't , just to be on the safer side. plus, i havent started wearing mask yet. though i saw people buying them by boxes in dispensaries. i'll just ask from the office when the need arises.
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