China´s quarantine update

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-11-2009 15:17

Local governments in China are on high alert for suspected A/H1 N1 flu cases. They are tracking passengers on the same flight as confirmed carriers and are having them quarantined.

Security guards walk out of the entrance of the Taipei City  Heping Hospital May 11, 2009. China quarantined more than  130 of the 150 passengers aboard a flight that carried a  Chinese man who was the mainland's first suspected case of  H1N1 flu, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

The Beijing Municipality is tracking 143 passengers on the same Tokyo-Beijing flight with the mainland's first confirmed case. The health department has reached 120, and none have shown fever symptoms.

In Shanghai, 6 passengers, who are on the same flight with 4 confirmed Japanese virus carriers, have all been quarantined. In the Hong Kong SAR, preliminary tests show 2 passengers on the NW-025 flight are not infected, but will remain in quarantine until Friday.

Another 19 passengers on the same plane may also have arrived in Hong Kong. So far, the SAR government has been in touch with three of them. It's also calling for the other passengers to contact the government immediately if they are in Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, in Taiwan, 2 earlier suspected cases have been proved negative. A mother and daughter recently returned to the island from the US have been diagnosed with seasonal flu.

Editor:Liu Anqi