Archive for May, 2009

300 people quarantined in Hong Kong hotel over swine flu fears

Guests of the Metro Park Hotel in Hong Kong aren’t going to be going anywhere fast. A traveller from Mexico was staying at the Hong Kong Hotel when he tested positive for swine flu. Now, all 300 guests at the hotel are being put under swine flu quarantine in order to try to [...]

First human to human swine flu case confirmed in United Kingdom

Until now, all cases of swine flu in the United Kingdom were confirmed in people that had been to Mexico. Now, the first case of human to human transmission of swine flu in the United Kingdom has been confirmed. Graeme Pacitti, 24, from Falkirk in Scotland is a friend of Iain and Dawn Askham. [...]

Mexico shutting down for five days due to swine flu outbreak

While fear of a global swine flu outbreak is sweeping from country to country, it is still true that Mexico remains the country which has been hit the hardest by H1N1. With the swine flu outbreak doing serious damage to the Mexican economy - most notably the vital tourism industry - the government of [...]