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30 April 2009
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A 25-year-old male from Mexico (index patient) arrived in Hong Kong and stayed at the Metropark Hotel.
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1 to 7 May 2009
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The Director of Health ordered that the Metropark Hotel should be isolated. All guests and staff were quarantined. Quarantined persons were provided with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and other medical treatment.
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1 May 2009
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Department of Health conducted contact tracing in the disease containment phase
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1 May 2009
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Cleansing and disinfection of the hotel lobby and common areas as well as bathrooms in individual guest rooms have been arranged by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD).
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Early May 2009
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The Metropark Hotel as well as 8 other hotels/hostels in which passengers of flight MU505 (flight of the index patient) had stayed have been disinfected.
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Early May 2009
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Hygiene guidelines have been issued to all owners’ corporations, owners’ committee, mutual assistance committees and the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, licensed hotels/guesthouses and bed space apartments to encourage enhanced cleansing and improvement of hygiene.
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