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HK raises bird flu alert (Channel NewsAsia, December 20 2011)

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: Channel NewsAsia, full text: (LINK).]

HK raises bird flu alert



‎20 December ‎2011

HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Tuesday raised its bird flu alert level to "serious" and announced it is to cull 17,000 chickens after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.
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Re: HK raises bird flu alert (Channel NewsAsia, December 20 2011)

CHP enhances surveillance on human influenza A (H5N1) infection


Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) has enhanced its surveillance on human influenza A (H5N1) infection after the Government raised the response level for avian influenza from "Alert" to "Serious" as a chicken carcass sample taken from the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus.

A telephone hotline, 2125 1111, has been set up to answer public enquiries today (December 21) from 9am to 6pm.

The CHP is carrying out medical surveillance of poultry wholesalers and workers at the Wholesale Poultry Market as well as local chicken farmers to follow up on their health.

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