HONG KONG - THE first confirmed case of swine flu in Asia was recorded in Hong Kong on Friday after a Mexican man who arrived via Shanghai tested positive, Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced.
Guests and staff at the hotel where the patient had briefly stayed were placed under quarantine for seven days as officials announced 'draconian' measures in a bid to contain the disease.
BERLIN - GERMAN and Turkish police clashed with demonstrators on Friday as huge crowds angered by the worst global recession in decades took to the streets worldwide for traditional labour day rallies.
In Germany, on course for its biggest slump since World War II, Berlin police made 49 arrests as young demonstrators hurled bottles and rocks and set fire to cars and rubbish bins in the early hours.
MEXICO CITY - MEXICO'S chief epidemiologist said the World Health Organization was slow to respond to its warning about a health crisis that turned into a global swine flu scare and he wants an investigation.
Dr Miguel Angel Lezana told The Associated Press late on Thursday his centre alerted the Pan American Health Organization (Paho) on April 16 about alarming occurrences of flu and atypical pneumonia in Mexico.
SAN FRANCISCO - CYBER crooks are capitalising on influenza fears with torrents of e-mail promising 'Swine flu' news but delivering malware or dubious offers for potency drugs or penis enlargement.
'Zombie' computers infected with a dreaded Conficker virus that became an online scourge this year are among machines being used to spew flu spam crafted to trick e-mail recipients, according to computer security firm Trend Micro.
