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Mexico flight passengers quarantined

By Zhu Zhe in Beijing and Teddy Ng in Hong Kong (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-04 07:29

All passengers who were on a Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a Mexican national who was later diagnosed with A (H1N1) influenza have been located, health authorities said Sunday.

Of them, all on the Chinese mainland have been placed under quarantine, and none of them had shown any flu symptoms such as fever by noon Sunday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

A hotel guest (left) talks with her friend through a glass door at the lobby of Metropark Hotel in Hong Kong yesterday as the area was sealed off after the first confirmed H1N1 victim in the city stayed in the hotel. [Agencies]

The 25-year-old Mexican arrived in Shanghai on Thursday aboard flight AM098, which carried 176 passengers and 13 crew. He then took another flight to Hong Kong after a short stopover.

The ministry requires all passengers on board with the Mexican to be quarantined for seven days as a precaution.

Full coverage:  A（H1N1） Influenza Outbreak Related readings:  68 quarantined in Shanghai after flight from Mexico with flu case  China to start daily status report on A(H1N1) flu  China suspends flights from Mexico  HK, Beijing wrap up quarantine agreement

The ministry did not reveal the locations of the passengers, but at least seven mainland provinces and municipalities have reported placing AM098 passengers under quarantine.

They are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Zhejiang and Sichuan, according to local media reports.

Shanghai reported the highest number - 55 passengers and 13 crew. All are at a hotel in Pudong district, Xu Jianguang, director of the Shanghai health bureau, said yesterday.

"All of them are in fine condition, both physically and mentally," he said.

Xu said about 59 family members of passengers were also told to be under health observation at home.

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