Hong Kong Hotel Sealed Off after Swine Flu Case Confirmed, Nearly 300 People Quarantined

A Hong Kong hotel has been sealed off and all its guests placed under quarantine after a man fell ill and was eventually diagnosed as having the swine flu virus.

Police have been stationed at the exits of the hotel to ensure nobody leaves as each of the nearly 200 guests and 100 staff are tested and given the antiviral drug Tamiflu. The 25-year-old man who had been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus is now in the hospital.

This is China’s first confirmed case of swine flu and the government has promised to do all it could to keep the virus in check. The man diagnosed with the virus was said to have travelled from Mexico to Hong Kong and was staying at the Metropark Hotel in Wanchai district when he fell sick.

The hotel will now be sealed off for seven days while officials determine if there are any health dangers that are posed. While special attention is being paid to the hotel there are already fears that the virus would evolve into an outbreak as no information is known about other people who may have come into contact with the man.

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