Leslie Carr Videos of Metro Park H1N1 Quarantine

THE LESLIE CARR H1N1 GLOBAL WATCH

9 May 2009

The H1N1 quarantine at Hongkong's now historic Metro Park Hotel was lifted yesterday and Leslie Carr and nearly 300 other guests and hotel staff are now free to resume and enjoy their rudely interrupted lives.  

These are the eleven (11) Leslie Carr videos available at youtube.com.

I wish Leslie Carr and his fellow Metro Park "alumni" the best!

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DOH Monitoring Two Suspected Instances of H1N1 Virus in Cebu, Southern Philippines

6 May 2009

The Department of Health in Cebu has placed under quarantine two persons after they exhibited signs of possible contained by the inluenza A(H1N1) virus.

The first instance is that of a man who came back from Ireland with his wife, transiting through Hongkong. He registered a fever and was visibly weak.  His wife went along with him for the quarantine.  

The second instance is a British woman who reportedly went to the hospital voluntarily after she began to experience flu symptoms. She's been in Cebu for quite a while and had been to Mexico with her husband before that. 

Both patients are under observation at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

Respiratory swab samples taken from the patients have been sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Manila to determine if they are H1N1 infected. 

Interviewed early today at Unang Balita by GMA 7's Arnold Clavio,  DOH Secretary  Francisco Duque III said they'll try to have the test results, which normally come out after 24 to 48 hours, and said that they'll try to have it before the day is over. 

For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV

This is the related video clip from ABS-CBN by kyte.tv.  It appears from this report by Jing Castañeda that the RITM can only test for H1N1 infection by deduction meaning that if the flu is not the regular influenza A or B strains, they can deduce or infer that the infection is probably A(H1N1):

You will also note that part of the report deals with Leslie Carr, the British businessman presently quarantined at the Metro Park Hotel in Hongkong with some three hundred others. He is the feature of two of my posts so far.  With him at the Metro Park are three Pinoys who are also kept under the same conditions in what is by now undoubtedly the biggest H1N1 quarantine facility in the world.

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Quarantined Briton Leslie Carr in Hongkong Acquires Overnight Celebrity Status Because of H1N1 Swine Flu Virus

THE LESLIE CARR H1N1 GLOBAL WATCH

5 May 2009

For a guy who's supposed to be enduring a "Brit's Hotel Hell," as Sky News puts it, Leslie Carr I'd say is one lucky Brit!

I picked up Leslie's story yesterday at around 9:20am after putting up a post asking people to continue praying for former Philippine Cory Aquino who was scheduled to undergo operation at midday yesterday.  Then, I went to work on other things.

By mid-afternoon, I noticed that people from around the world were picking up the Leslie Carr post as line after line of my Feedjit widget displayed "Briton Leslie Carr ..."  About 2 out of every 3 readers; I don't have many readers but I can recognize a trend when I see one. I knew we had something major here. 

Overnight, this Briton has acquired celebrity status.  If he can strike a deal with a publisher right now then come up with his book on or about the time he emerges out of quarantine on Friday from Hongkong's H1N1 Hilton (whoa!),  then, he's got it made!  Leslie Carr, runaway best-selling author.  The title of his book?  Take your pick?

"Held Against My Will ... But Slowly Liking It!";

"I Survived the H1N1 Flu Virus Quarantine in Hongkong!"  

"A Briton in Hongkong's H1N1 Hilton!"

The subtitle "A Rare Inside Look at Hongkong's Hotel H1N1 Quarantine" by Leslie Carr.

Then, from businessman, Leslie Carr will have another impressive appendage to his resume —inspirational speaker, a survivor of the H1N1 virus quarantine.

In all seriousness, Leslie Carr's story begins with shock, utter disbelief and dismay ... is settling down into some comfort and familiarity and eventually, hopefully, will end in triumph ... not only for Leslie Carr and the thousands of people who are now following his ordeal ... a triumph for the people of Hongkong, a key battleground in the fight against SARS, of China ... all of Asia including my country the Philippines which is a next-door neighbor.

From where I sit, I can only pray that nothing goes wrong where Leslie Carr is.   

Who knows?! Leslie might even get knighted after surviving this experience!  Sir Leslie Carr, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, anyone?!  

This is one of the latest Leslie Carr video clips:

When I return, I'll try to better organize my presentation of the ongoing Leslie Carr H1N1 Global Watch. 

 

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Briton Leslie Carr Blogs About Hongkong Hotel H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Quarantine

4 May 2009

Leslie Carr, a British businessman, is one of around 300 people kept under quarantine in a Hongkong hotel by the authorities because of the swine flu H1N1 virus.

Leslie Carr writes about his surreal misadventure, sort of being in the right place, at the wrong time:

I arrived in Hong Kong on April 24 and checked into the Metro Park Hotel. I then continued my journey to Shenzhen, Xiamen, and on May 1, I returned to Hong Kong.

I checked myself back into the Metro Park Hotel to stay overnight as I was leaving to fly back to the UK on the 2nd.

But this was not to be.....

After I checked-in I decided to do a last-minute shopping trip. Three hours later I returned back to my hotel only to find the street was paved with police control vehicles and offices.

My hotel was sealed off with police tape and I had to fight my way through to speak with one office and question what was going on, only to be informed that there had been a case of swine flu and the building was contaminated by a guest from Mexico.

I was asked to follow the officer to the quarantine area where I was met by the quarantine staff all dressed in full-protective clothing.

They proceeded to asked many questions of my travel arrangements whilst in China. I then had the situation explained to me.

I was then told to see the doctor where they issued me Tamiflu drugs which I am to take for the next 10 days.

I was informed I will have to remain in quarantine for seven days - a legal requirement in Hong Kong.

The rest of his story, courtesy of Sky News, is here.  

Hongkong authorities ordered the quarantine after a 25-year old Mexican checked into the Metro Park hotel and later on became sick with the H1N1 flu.  The case of this Mexican tourist was the first confirmed infection in Asia. 

  

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