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May 8, 2009

Hong Kong Ends Swine Flu Quarantine
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Measure affected about 300 guests and staff at hotel where Mexican
infected with influenza A-H1N1 virus had stayed 
Health workers lead people who are being released from quarantine at a
holiday camp where they were held for a week in Hong Kong, 07 May
2009Hong Kong has lifted the week-long quarantine for about 300 guests
and staff at a hotel where a Mexican who was infected with the influenza
A-H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, had stayed. The quarantine
was lifted Friday. Planned boost of medicine stockpiles In Bangkok,
Asian officials held two days of talks about the new virus. They agreed
to increase stockpiles of medicine to fight the virus and consider ways
to share supplies in case of a pandemic. The talks Thursday and Friday
included health ministers and other officials from the 10-member
Association of South East Asian Nations, along with China, Japan and
South Korea. WHO reports over 2,000 flu cases The World Health
Organization Friday said 24 countries have officially reported about
2,400 cases of the virus, with most of those infections in Mexico and
the United States. In!
  Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, officials said the virus was
spreading more slowly and businesses and schools that were closed for
several days have re-opened. The WHO says Mexico has reported more than
1,100 cases of the new flu, including 42 deaths. It says the U.S. has
reported 900 cases, including two deaths. The acting director for the
Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Richard Besser
said officials expect to see far more cases in the U.S., as well as more
deaths.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.


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