LAST month, authorities ordered all primary schools in Hong Kong to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local swine flu cases was found.
When Hong Kong discovered its first case, in early May, health authorities quarantined around 300 guests and staff at a hotel where the carrier, a Mexican, had briefly stayed.
Hong Kong is particularly nervous about infectious diseases following the outbreak of the Sars virus in 2003, which killed 300 people here and a further 500 around the world.
The latest numbers from the World Health Organisation, released on Wednesday, showed 77,201 reported swine flu cases, with 332 deaths. -- AFP