(2 May 2009) SHOTLIST
Seoul, South Korea, May 2, 2009
1. Pan of chief of the state disease control centre Lee Jong-koo walking in for news briefing
2. Mid of reporters
3. Wide of briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jong-koo, Chief of the State Disease Control Centre:
"According to the results of close examination, we confirm that the first probable patient among the three was infected."
5. Back shot of reporters
6. Mid of Lee during briefing
7. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Jong-koo, Chief of the State Disease Control Centre:
"According to the results of close examination, the third, 57-year-old, probable patient, who caused concern of possible infection by the circulation within the community, was not found to be epidemically related with the new influenza A (H1N1) until now. When we analysed his gene M's base orders, they were found to be similar to the seasonal influenza A (H3N2)."
8. Mid of reporters
9. Close-up of press release
10. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Choi Kang-won, a doctor overseeing the the 51-year-old woman who is the first case of swine flu in South Korea:
"Treatment with Tamiflu ends today. We are expecting her to be discharged from the hospital after the weekend when we confirm that her symptoms are completely gone."
11. Various of newspapers focusing on swine flu
12. Close up of a STILL of a nun wearing mask (not the woman infected with swine flu)
Inchon, South Korea, April 28, 2009
13. Wide of airplane
14. Close-up of 'Quarantine' sign
15. Various of man being tested
16. Wide of quarantine station at airport
STORYLINE
Health authorities in South Korea said on Saturday they have confirmed the country's first case of swine flu in a woman who recently returned from Mexico.
Final tests showed the 51-year-old woman has the disease, Lee Jong-koo, chief of the state disease control centre said at a news briefing in Seoul.
It is Asia's second confirmed case of the disease.
Hong Kong officials ordered a week-long quarantine on Friday for hundreds of hotel guests and workers after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for swine flu.
The 25-year-old man was isolated at a hospital and was in stable condition.
The South Korean woman has been listed as a probable case since Tuesday.
She returned from Mexico on April 26 and reported to authorities the following day that she had flu symptoms.
She has since been quarantined at her home and then at a military hospital near Seoul.
Yonhap news agency said she is a nun living in a convent near Seoul, but officials refused to confirm the report, citing privacy.
Health officials have said she has recovered enough to consider being discharged from the hospital.
Choi Kang-won, a doctor overseeing her, told reporters on Saturday that she is in good conditions with few symptoms.
By Friday night, South Korea had three probable cases, including the now-confirmed one.
One of the two other cases is a woman who lived with the now-confirmed patient and drove her home from the airport on Sunday.
Final tests are under way to determine whether she has the disease, officials said.
Officials said the other case was found to be a seasonal flu.
Worldwide, the total confirmed cases neared 600 on Saturday, although that number is also believed to be much larger.
Besides the US and Mexico, the virus has been detected in Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, China, Israel and eight European nations.
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