200 residents of Hong Kong hotel freed after being confined a week due to swine flu . Hong Kong health officials -- unwilling to see a repeat of the SARS epidemic in 2004 that killed nearly 300 people -- placed the hotel on lockdown . Hong Kong government officials were unwilling to see a repeat of SARS . Hotel to be closed for intensive cleaning and disinfecting , official said .
200 residents of Hong Kong hotel freed after being confined a week due to swine flu . Hong Kong government officials were unwilling to see a repeat of SARS . Hotel to be closed for intensive cleaning and disinfecting , official said .