Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Three Filipinos in Hong Kong quarantined; Filipinos in UK, Ireland advised to take precautions

HONG KONG (May 6) -- Three Filipino guests at the Metropark Hotel in Wanchai were covered to seven-day quarantine operations imposed by Hong Kong health authorities, reports the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong�s Department of Health imposed, as a temporary emergency measure, a seven-day quarantine on its reported first case of H1N1 human swine flu at Metropark Hotel on May 1. The H1N1 patient is a Mexican male who checked in at the hotel but later brought to the Ruttonjee Hospital after experiencing coughs, sore throat and other flu-like symptoms. The quarantine will last until Friday, May 8.

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