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A face-masked Hongkonger rides the landmark elevator skywalk in Central, the main business and financial district of Hong Kong, China, May 3, 2009. Hong Kong's pandemic response level was raised to the top "emergency" grade on May first after it confirmed Asia's first case of the new H1N1 influenza A, or swine flu, in a Mexican traveler. With the 2003 SARS outbreak that killed nearly 300 people still fresh in mind, the city braced itself for another deadly virus on the first work...
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A face-masked Hongkonger rides the landmark elevator skywalk in Central, the main business and financial district of Hong Kong, China, May 3, 2009. Hong Kong's pandemic response level was raised to the top "emergency" grade on May first after it confirmed Asia's first case of the new H1N1 influenza A, or swine flu, in a Mexican traveler. With the 2003 SARS outbreak that killed nearly 300 people still fresh in mind, the city braced itself for another deadly virus on the first work day after the labor day holidays..
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