China lifts quarantine on all passengers from flu-infected Mexico flight

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-08-2009 20:42

Chinese health authorities have lifted quarantine on all passengers who boarded a flu-affected flight from Mexico City.

The last passenger from flight AM-098 to Shanghai was released from isolation Thursday evening in Yunnan Province after testing negative to the A/H1N1 influenza. The other 127 passengers, scattered across 18 Chinese locations, were released Thursday morning.

A woman waves after being released from quarantine at a  holiday camp where they were held for a week in Hong Kong  Thursday, May 7, 2009. At least 28 of the 34 passengers who  flew from Shanghai to Hong Kong with the Mexican man confirmed as the territory's first and only swine flu patient were  released Thursday afternoon. Another 347 guests and staff  quarantined in the Metropark Hotel in Wanchai will be  released Friday evening.

A total of 166 passengers on board the flight on April 30th were held in quarantine on the mainland after one of the Mexican travelers tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong. Among them, 38 Mexican passengers and crew were flown back to Mexico on Monday.