Swine flu has taken its toll on more than 270 people in Hong Kong. Not that they got infected - well one was - but they have been quarantined in the Metropark Hotel where a Mexican tourist was found to have contracted swine flu last Friday.
The Hong Kong authorities took no chances, and immediately confined guests and staff at the hotel. They are monitored daily for any symptoms.
The inmates are fed, but complain of the monotonous regime of rice and more rice.
Some business guests are furious because their confinement means big business losses.
Meanwhile in China, all tourists with Mexican passports are also being detained, much to the annoyance of the Mexican government. The Mexican government is arranging planes to whisk them away and China is counteracting by picking up Chinese citizens from Mexico.
In Mexico itself, the epidemic appears to have eased, and the government is gradually lifting restrictions by reopening restaurants.
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The Hong Kong authorities took no chances, and immediately confined guests and staff at the hotel. They are monitored daily for any symptoms.
The inmates are fed, but complain of the monotonous regime of rice and more rice.
Some business guests are furious because their confinement means big business losses.
Meanwhile in China, all tourists with Mexican passports are also being detained, much to the annoyance of the Mexican government. The Mexican government is arranging planes to whisk them away and China is counteracting by picking up Chinese citizens from Mexico.
In Mexico itself, the epidemic appears to have eased, and the government is gradually lifting restrictions by reopening restaurants.
Technorati Tags: swine flu, hong kong, metropark hotel, guests and staff confined in hong kong hotel
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