| ■ Swine flu arrives in Asia | 2009.05.08 |
| HONG KONG (AFP) - The first case of swine flu was confirmed in Asia as health experts said the world appeared better prepared to fight an epidemic now than a few years ago and vowed a vaccine was only months away. Confirmation by Hong Kong authorities that a traveller who arrived from Mexico, via Shanghai, had tested positive for A(H1N1) flu virus saw an entire hotel quarantined. And the news sent shivers through the territory that was at the center of the 2003 SARS crisis, with Beijing responding swiftly by suspending flights from Mexico to Shanghai, China's state media reported Saturday. Denmark and France joined the list of countries reporting their first cases. |