Ngokuqhambuka kwe-SARS ngo-2003 kusondele ukuba ilityalwe, abasemagunyeni baseHong Kong bathathe amanyathelo acacileyo nangokukhawuleza ukuphendula kwityala lokuqala eliqinisekisiweyo lase-Asia lomkhuhlane wehagu. NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku, emva kokuba indoda eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala eyayityelele evela eMexico yafunyaniswa inomkhuhlane we-H1N1, amagosa avala ihotele awayehlala kuyo, evalela abakhenkethi kunye nabasebenzi.

Iindwendwe ezingama-200 okanye ngaphezulu kunye nabasebenzi abayi-100 bayalelwe ukuba bahlale ngaphakathi kweMetropark Hotel kwisithili saseWanchai kangangeentsuku ezisixhenxe, ngokwengxelo yeReuters. Esi sakhiwo sigadwe ngamapolisa azigqume ubuso.

Undwendwe lwehotele uJuliet Keys, ofike eHong Kong evela eSingapore, uxelele iReuters ukuba iindwendwe zaziswa ngamagosa ezempilo, kwaye wanikwa itshekhi yezonyango kunye nekhosi yeentsuku ezili-10 zaseTamiflu.

Nangona iimpendulo zeendwendwe kwindawo yokuvalelwa zihluka ngokubanzi kwiingxelo zemithombo yeendaba - ukusuka kwintlekisa ngamanye amaxesha ukuya kudana kwaye okubi kakhulu - umhambi weshishini osuka eIndiya wayebonakala engenaxhala. “Andinaxhala, kodwa kukho abantu aboyika ngokwenene,” uxelele i-Associated Press. “Asinazo naziphi na iincwadi esinokuzifunda. Iyadika, kodwa umntu unokwenza ntoni?”

Ixhoba lomkhuhlane wehagu elingaziwayo lafika eShanghai kwi-AeroMexico Flight 98, kwaye yaqhubeka ukuya eHong Kong kwi-China Eastern Airlines Flight 505, ngokwengxelo ye-AP. Le ndoda yehla inomkhuhlane emva kokufika eHong Kong, kwaye ngoku ikwisibhedlele yedwa.

Njengoko kulandelwa umkhondo wakhe, amagosa asakhangela abo anokuba udibene nabo. Abaqhubi beeteksi ezimbini ababethuthe le ndoda, ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya ehotele emva koko bayisa esibhedlele, bafunyenwe kwaye bajonga impilo, kwaye abakhweli abangama-30 ababehleli kufutshane nesigulana kwinqwelomoya yase China Eastern Airlines bahlaliswa bodwa, ngokutsho kweHong Kong. Iwebhusayithi yeSebe leeNkonzo zoLwazi.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Two taxi drivers who had transported the man, from airport to hotel and then hotel to hospital, have been found and given health checks, and 30 passengers who sat near the patient on the China Eastern Airlines flight are being quarantined, according to the Hong Kong Information Services Department website.
The 200 or so guests and 100 staff have been ordered to stay inside Metropark Hotel in the Wanchai district for seven days, according to a Reuters report.
The unidentified swine flu victim arrived in Shanghai on AeroMexico Flight 98, and continued to Hong Kong on China Eastern Airlines Flight 505, according to the AP report.