Table 2.
Hong Kong Health Authority’s action to hotel industry during Swine flu 2009
| Date | Action by the Health Authority |
|---|---|
| 30 April 2009 | A 25-year-old male from Mexico (index patient) arrived in Hong Kong and stayed at the Metropark Hotel. |
| 1 to 7 May 2009 | 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. |
| 1 May 2009 | Department of Health conducted contact tracing in the disease containment phase |
| 1 May 2009 | 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). |
| Early May 2009 | 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. |
| Early May 2009 | 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. |