Re: _|Hong Kong PRC SAR: H5N1 IN CHICKEN|_
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Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories number of bird flu and slaughter of chickens in Hong Kong suspended imports of live chickens from the Mainland </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=12 align=middle height=22> 2008-06-12 10:07:25 i </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=14black>
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Graphic: Java Road Market no longer live chickens, dressed in protective clothing for staff cordoned off the area still cleaning up chicken stalls
Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories number of bird flu, has been suspended imports of live chickens from the Mainland > security, following the Hong Kong chicken markets are found to have H5N1 avian influenza virus, yesterday afternoon, another three markets Found that chicken manure on the H5N1 avian influenza virus positive. This is the second in 1997 after the avian flu the greatest threat to the Hong Kong Government decided to chicken stalls in the territory of live chickens will kill.
Mainland live chicken imports suspended 21 days
Yesterday afternoon, the AFCD, the Health Bureau, the Customs and Excise Department and the department jointly held an emergency press conference to the media and the public notice, following the Sham Shui Po On Road Market has faecal samples of chickens found to have H5N1 avian influenza virus, Tuen Mun and caring Street, Fanling and Ap Lei Chau Market three swab samples have found the H5N1 bird flu virus positive.
The Secretary for Health and Food York Chow said: "There are three markets due to avian influenza virus, we refer to the World Organization for Animal Health guidelines, we decided to start from the 11th time in 21 days, suspended imports of live chickens from the Mainland and At the same time suspend the supply of local poultry farm chickens. "
Dr Chow said that in the meantime, relevant departments will continue to track the source of the avian flu virus, in the end is a local infection or smuggling of chickens into the virus. At the same time, the Government will discuss with the industry how to enhance the retail level vaccination management. He said that if they failed to implement at the retail level of improvement measures, did not rule out extending the period for 21 days.
Health and chicken stalls kill all the frozen chicken
Yesterday, the authorities had carried out the cleaning of the markets ahead of Monday, and yesterday, because of that slaughter of chickens in Hong Kong, Hong Kong markets usher in the second within three days of cleansing.
At about 6:30, about 10 officers in the department of Java Road North Point Market will be access to the chicken stalls in the blockade. Java Road Market has no live chickens, only a few dozen chilled chickens. FEHD officers wearing protective clothing, chilled chickens will be thrown into special bins and disinfection.
Chilled chickens will be dealt with the latter, staff used high-pressure water gun cleaning chicken stalls in cages. Next Monday for cleansing, chicken stalls in Hong Kong will have to kill all live chickens frozen. Since a moratorium on the import of live chickens in Hong Kong only more than 3,000 live chickens, chicken stalls in many purges backward less than chickens, chilled chicken is sold out, the past few days are not business, wash clean cages in Monday after all Never used.
But the department yesterday in the washing cages remained meticulous. Staff said that "in accordance with procedure" is important, not because of washed on Monday, insensitive.
Slaughter of chickens only for retail outlets
Hong Kong Director of AFCD Miss Cheung said at a press conference yesterday, on the 7th preliminary security Road Market has found the samples positive for the avian flu virus, on the 9th before making the markets clean, and not later. They will be asked chicken traders reservations on the 10th Maiji documentation and tracing it to further ensure the safety of the public.
DD Liu Yan said the staff is enclosed all live poultry retail outlets, prepared after the destruction of all live poultry will be slaughtered for disinfection and cleaning of chicken traders of compensation is 30 yuan Mei Zhiji .
The slaughter of chickens confined to the retail industry, local farms tested, the results temporarily satisfactory, it did not start slaughter of chickens on the farm.
Veterinary experts, security Road Market samples have been sent to the
University of Hong Kong carried out genetic sequencing, has confirmed the bird flu virus samples with the wild birds in Asia and the virus was found in similar, no variation.
Hong Kong on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories are many bird flu, people are very worried, and found the first case of the epidemic, only on early Monday but was still clean sale of live chickens expressed dissatisfaction.
Government departments explained that the epidemic monitoring, a set of procedures, when a market that the epidemic will only be turned off, does not affect the rest of the sales market, when two or more markets that the epidemic will be a comprehensive slaughter of chickens.
Dr. Zeng Haohui reminded the public that if the chicken cooked thoroughly before eating a small chance the disease.
[FONT=黑体]Experts said ■[/FONT]
"After 1997, the most serious one"
An interview with the University of Hong Kong and the Center for Infectious Diseases Director
Dr. He Boliang, he said that existing evidence has not been able to confirm that the source of bird flu chickens, in addition to the possible smuggling of chicken and other birds also may be brought, or vaccine Failure, but now it is too early to draw a conclusion. 他建议现阶段香港市民不要买鸡食用,因为较难保证无?漏网之鸡?。
He suggested that at this stage of Hong Kong people not to buy chicken for consumption, because the more difficult to ensure that no "Louwang of chicken."
He believes that the Government of the existing security measures are in the Asian region and even the more advanced world, the emergence of the epidemic reflects the lack of implementation and monitoring efforts. He also recommended that the Government Boliang Macao reference to the sale of live chickens: "But the night." Daily live chickens sold in outstanding at the close, the market will be under the supervision of the management staff culled, disinfected and cleaned.
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This is the second in 1997 after the most serious one, the people of Hong Kong face great risks, we must profoundly review." Ho Bo Liang said. :tiphat:
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