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NEWS ABOUT: quarantine

quarantine stories: 18 news summaries




 'Swine Flu Dorms' Sprout 
  at Colleges Nationwide 

Sick students start school in quarantine zones

Sep 5, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - College freshers across the country are starting their life in higher education confined to buildings full of their coughing peers, the New York Times reports. Fearing the virus will sweep through campuses, colleges have set up quarantine dorms for sick students, keeping them out of class and plying them with... More »

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(AP) - Nobel Peace laureate and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said today that he has swine flu, showing that not even a head of state is safe from the virus that has caused worldwide concern but relatively few deaths. The 69-year-old Arias said he is quarantined at home and being treated... More »

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China Isolates Town After 2
Die of Plague

10,000 quarantined in Tibetan region after outbreak at funeral

Aug 3, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has quarantined a remote town of 10,000 after two people died of pneumonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. The Times of London reports that the first victim died after burying his dog, and 11 people at the funeral then fell ill, one fatally. Pneumonic plague is... More »

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China • plague • quarantine • Tibetans

Swine Flu Leads to Unhappy Campers

As outbreaks spread like wildfire, counselors quarantine kids

Jul 23, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - H1N1 may not have ended civilization as we know it, but it’s ruined a lot of stays at summer camp, the New York Times reports. Camps are dry tinder for flu outbreaks, and many have canceled or postponed this year's sessions. Others have been split nearly in half... More »

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parenting • public health • children • quarantine • Maine • summer • Tamiflu • summer camp • swine flu • H1N1 virus • sleepaway camp

(Newser) - More than two dozen British schoolchildren on a school holiday were booted out of France after some came down with swine flu—but not before they were quarantined by medics in anti-contamination suits and insulted by locals. "It was as if we were dangerous criminals," said one of... More »

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disease • United Kingdom • France • quarantine • deportation • schoolchildren • swine flu • H1N1 virus

China Springs Nagin After Swine Flu Scare

Quarantine lifted,
New Orleans mayor, wife leave Shanghai

Jun 10, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ray Nagin prepared to leave Shanghai today after four days in quarantine imposed after possible exposure to the swine flu virus. The New Orleans mayor, his wife, and a member of their security detail had been in a hotel-turned-clinic since learning that a fellow passenger on their flight from Newark... More »

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China • New Orleans • epidemic • quarantine • Ray Nagin • Shanghai • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Seletha Nagin

 Shanghai Puts 
 New Orleans 
 Mayor in Swine 
 Flu Quarantine 

Nagin, wife, staffer treated 'with courtesy'

Jun 7, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese officials are holding New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in quarantine with his wife and a staffer after a fellow plane passenger exhibited swine flu symptoms, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The three are "being treated with utmost courtesy" in Shanghai, where Nagin "is feeling well and... More »

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New Orleans • mayor • quarantine • Ray Nagin • Shanghai • swine flu • H1N1 virus

China's H1N1 Quarantines Trap Healthy Travelers

Slight temp, runny nose enough to get you a 3-day forced hospital stay

May 29, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now might not be the best time to visit China: the country's aggressive swine flu screening policies have kept even healthy travelers in isolation, the Washington Post reports. One Virginia man was deemed a threat to public health and quarantined for three days because he got off a plane with... More »

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China • public health • quarantine • fever • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Couples Find Love in Flu Hotel 

Guests stuck in Hong Kong hotel party away last night of quarantine

May 8, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the hundreds of guests quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark hotel shed their face masks to party away their final night in confinement yesterday, Reuters reports. The guests—who were initially outraged to learn they would be confined to the hotel for a week because of swine flu fears—... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • romance • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 China Quarantines 2 Yanks 

Americans detained as Mexico begins airlifting its citizens out of China

May 5, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two American citizens have been placed under quarantine in mainland China over swine flu fears, CBS News reports. Another two have been held and released, according to a US Embassy spokeswoman who said the Americans were detained either because they showed flu-like symptoms or were close to "cases of... More »

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China • quarantine • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus


 Hong Kong Hotel 
 Guests Chill in Quarantine 

Guests stuck in swine flu hotel pass the time with pizza, parties

May 5, 09 1:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 300 guests and staff quarantined in Hong Kong's Metropark Hotel since Friday are getting used to life in captivity, the Wall Street Journal reports. The captives—confined since a Mexican guest tested positive for swine flu—complain about boring food and missed business deals, but some have organized beer... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • hotel • outbreak • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

Mexico Protests Chinese Quarantine of 70 Travelers

Quarantines in China of Mexicans prompt speech by Calderon

May 4, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico is sending a charter plane to China today to rescue more than 70 Mexican travelers who have been quarantined by the Chinese government regardless of whether they had symptoms of the swine flu. President Felipe Calderon protested what he called "repressive and discriminatory measures," AP reports. Other... More »

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China • Mexico • epidemic • quarantine • human rights violations • Felipe Calderón • swine flu

(Newser) - Canadian officials quarantined a pig herd in Alberta today, saying a worker who had visited Mexico apparently infected the swine with H1N1, the Calgary Herald reports. But health officers are playing down what may be the first case of person infecting a pig with swine flu. “The chance that... More »

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Canada • quarantine • swine flu • pigs • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - Hong Kong has quarantined an entire hotel after a guest was diagnosed with swine flu, the Wall Street Journal reports. The territory's chief executive said he opted to err on the side of caution in an attempt to contain the spread of the disease. Roughly 300 guests are trapped... More »

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Hong Kong • quarantine • outbreak • SARS • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus • Kowloon

 Too Late to Contain Flu: WHO 


Apr 28, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials from the World Health Organization warn it’s too late to contain the swine flu and say governments should instead now focus on protecting their populations as best as possible, the BBC reports. The WHO bumped up its alert level from three to four—two levels shy of global... More »

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 Mexico Prepares 
 to Shut Down Capital 

Schools closed as Mexico scrambles to contain outbreak blamed for 149 deaths

Apr 28, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican authorities scrambling to contain the swine flu outbreak have closed schools and universities across the country and are considering a total shutdown of the capital, reports the Financial Times. Some businesses have remained open in Mexico City, but people are avoiding bars and restaurants, and the public transport system... More »

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Mexico City • quarantine • World Health Organization • influenza • pandemic • swine flu • WHO

UPDATED

Death, Illness on Canada Train Not Related

Woman who died on Via Rail not infectious; quarantine to be lifted

May 9, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian authorities are set to lift the quarantine on a train en route from Vancouver to Toronto after determining that the 60-year-old passenger who died aboard earlier today "most likely did not have an infectious disease," CTV reports. Ten other passengers came down with flu-like symptoms; "we... More »

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Canada • public health • quarantine • train • flu • Vancouver • Toronto

TB Patient Spends Nine Months In Lockdown

ACLU questions forcible quarantine of man with drug-resistent TB

May 2, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A tuberculosis patient has been in forced quarantine in an Arizona hospital's jail ward for nine months for failing to wear a face mask and take his medication. Robert Daniels committed no crime, but neither did he follow doctor's orders to avoid transmission of his drug-resistant TB.  More »

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health • disease • Tuberculosis • Robert Daniels • quarantine • jail

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