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China Eastern to repatriate nationals from Mexico amid flu outbreak
Source: Xinhua |
May 2, 2009, Saturday
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CHINA Eastern Airlines said it would send a chartered plane today to Mexico to repatriate Chinese passengers who had planned to fly to Shanghai.
With a case of H1N1 influenza A confirmed on a flight from Mexico, the government decided to suspend flights from Mexico to Shanghai, the Foreign Ministry said today.
China notified Mexico and the airlines about the decision, ministry officials said. When flights resume depends on the health situation.
Health authorities in Shanghai issued a notice yesterday seeking people who had been on the same flight with a Mexican who was later found infected with H1N1 influenza A in Hong Kong, after a brief stay in Shanghai's airport before leaving for Hong Kong. So far, it has found all but 15 of them.
The Mexican arrived in Shanghai aboard the flight AM098 and flew to Hong Kong aboard the flight MU505.
The Shanghai public health bureau decided to put all of the passengers and crew members under medical observation for seven days. The bureau asked the other 15 people to contact local disease prevention and control centers or call the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention at 021-62758711.
The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 influenza A yesterday. The case involved the Mexican who arrived in Hong Kong Thursday by air via Shanghai.
Meanwhile, the health authorities of south China's Guangdong Province are seeking 11 people who had been on the same flight with a Mexican who was later found infected with H1N1 influenza A, according to a notice issued by the Provincial Public Health Bureau this morning.
The patient and 41 other passengers on the flight AM098 arrived in Shanghai from Mexico on Thursday. The 41 passengers then flew to Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.
The Guangdong public health bureau decided to put the 41 passengers under a 7-day medical observation. However, so far the bureau has found only 30 of them. The bureau asked the other 11 people to contact local disease prevention and control centers to receive medical observation or call the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention at 020-84451025.
With a case of H1N1 influenza A confirmed on a flight from Mexico, the government decided to suspend flights from Mexico to Shanghai, the Foreign Ministry said today.
China notified Mexico and the airlines about the decision, ministry officials said. When flights resume depends on the health situation.
Health authorities in Shanghai issued a notice yesterday seeking people who had been on the same flight with a Mexican who was later found infected with H1N1 influenza A in Hong Kong, after a brief stay in Shanghai's airport before leaving for Hong Kong. So far, it has found all but 15 of them.
The Mexican arrived in Shanghai aboard the flight AM098 and flew to Hong Kong aboard the flight MU505.
The Shanghai public health bureau decided to put all of the passengers and crew members under medical observation for seven days. The bureau asked the other 15 people to contact local disease prevention and control centers or call the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention at 021-62758711.
The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 influenza A yesterday. The case involved the Mexican who arrived in Hong Kong Thursday by air via Shanghai.
Meanwhile, the health authorities of south China's Guangdong Province are seeking 11 people who had been on the same flight with a Mexican who was later found infected with H1N1 influenza A, according to a notice issued by the Provincial Public Health Bureau this morning.
The patient and 41 other passengers on the flight AM098 arrived in Shanghai from Mexico on Thursday. The 41 passengers then flew to Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.
The Guangdong public health bureau decided to put the 41 passengers under a 7-day medical observation. However, so far the bureau has found only 30 of them. The bureau asked the other 11 people to contact local disease prevention and control centers to receive medical observation or call the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention at 020-84451025.
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