Precaution
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Masks are becoming a necessity across the world again, reminding us of scenes during the SARS outbreak in 2003, only this time the disease is swine flu and the threat is concentrated in Mexico and southern US. Clockwise from left (all photographs taken yesterday except mentioned otherwise): A Malaysian health official at Kuala Lumpur International Airport . A passenger from Mexico at Barcelona airport . A woman with a scarf tied around her face at Madrid airport . A nun in Tlalpan, Mexico City, on Sunday . A woman in a shopping mall in Hong Kong . A baby in a Beijing hospital . A medical staff member at a hospital in Singapore . A police officer in Mexico City on Sunday . A US citizen at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego on Sunday. AP, Reuters and AFP |
The government yesterday banned the import of pork and pork products from Mexico and the US states of Texas, Kansas and California to prevent the spread of swine flu that has killed at least 100 people in the Central American country.
