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Swine Flu Hotel Closes After 40 People Become Ill

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  Site Where: Hotel Sinaia, Bd. Carol 1, No. 8, Sinaia, Romania, 106100
November 2, 2009 at 8:04 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Earlier this year when swine flu first erupted, 280 people were quarantined at the MetroPark Hotel in Hong Kong, we lightly dubbed it a Swine Flu Hotel. But now we have a real Swine Flu Hotel.

Hotel Sinaia, a resort in the mountains of Sinaia, Romania, has been closed after 40 Romainian and foreign law students attending a conference caught the dreaded H1N1 virus.

Health state secretary Adrian Streinu-Cercel says 40 people were hospitalized Sunday in Bucharest, suffering from medium to severe forms of the flu.

Streinu-Cercel says the flu was spread by a Portuguese woman who refused to be hospitalized for two days after it was confirmed that she was carrying the illness. He gave no further details.

The Hotel Sinaia manager, Marian Schwartz, says participants at the conference came from 31 European countries.

Hmm...we're guessing giant vats of hand sanitizer were not installed here where rooms go for about 70 euros a night. Still, for one woman to infect 40 people in a single weekend, we've got to wonder about the sanitary conditions in place here. News clips showed men in masks fumigating the place, room by room.

Um, we hope that works? Although, overcoming a reputation as a Swine Flu Hotel might be very hard to do. And considering that it's a bunch of lawyers that got sick? Like we said, good luck!

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