Since my guess is a few of you are wondering if the flu virus has impacted my travels, here’s a quick update (since I rather expect my link to the blog will be blocked after this post, now that I’ve accessed it):
As of my departure from Hong Kong yesterday morning, there was one reported case of H1N1 in the city-—a traveler from Mexico checked into a local hospital with the bug, making him China’s first confirmed case. His stay at the Metropark Hotel in Wanchai resulted in quarantine of dozens of people, from hotel staff to fellow passengers who sat near him on the plane. As a result, the lot of them is being held for 7-10 days, and the Hong Kong Government has raised the Influenza Pandemic Alert Level to the highest level-—Emergency. [click here to continue…]
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