3 Hong Kong birds test positive for bird flu
Found on 04 Feb 2009 19:49 GMT
Three of the 21 dead birds that recently washed up on Hong Kong's shores tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu, the government said Wednesday.
Hong Kong on high alert after bird flu outbreak
Found on 11 Dec 2008 19:59 GMT
A World Health Organization official urged Asian governments not to let down their guard against bird flu, saying a new outbreak in Hong Kong shows the disease still poses a threat.
Hong Kong reports bird flu outbreak
Found on 09 Dec 2008 18:01 GMT
Three dead chickens tested positive for bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the city to suspend poultry imports for 21 days and begin slaughtering 80,000 birds, an official said Tuesday.
Dead egret tests positive for bird flu in Hong Kong; suspected cases in chick...
MIN LEE, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-09-2006 Dateline: HONG KONG Hong Kong authorities on Thursday investigated two new suspected cases of bird flu, a dead chicken and a wild bird found near a local school, and the health secretary said he won't be surprised if more birds fall ill.
Publication: AP Worldstream
Hong Kong health officials confirm that man who died had bird flu
00-00-0000 Dateline: HONG KONG Health officials confirmed Thursday that a Hong Kong man who died earlier this week had contracted bird flu, in a case that disturbingly echoes a 1997 outbreak in which the disease first crossed over into humans and killed six people. When bird flu hit Hong Kong's
Publication: AP Worldstream
Bird-flu death alarms Hong Kong officials
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong man who died earlier this week had contracted bird flu, health officials confirmed Thursday, in a case that disturbingly echoes a 1997 outbreak in which the disease first crossed over into humans and killed six people. When bird flu hit Hong Kong's populace more than five
Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
VOA NEWS: HONG KONG BIRD MARKET CLOSED AFTER DISCOVERY OF AVIAN FLU
The Voice of America issued the following story: By Claudia Blume Hong Kong's government has temporarily closed the city's famous pet bird market after a bird for sale there was found to be carrying the H5N1 avian flu virus. Authorities say they will step up measures to combat bird flu, including a
Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Bird flu frenzy.(Hong Kong health officials slaughtered all chickens in the a...
When a deadly flu virus struck Hong Kong recently, health officials took drastic measures: They slaughtered every chicken in the territory, more than 1.3 million birds! Since last May, chickens infected with a bird flu virus, known as A(H5N1), transmitted it to at least 18 people. Six victims died
Publication: Science World
Bird flu taking root in Hong Kong, health secretary says
AP Worldstream 02-03-2006 Dateline: HONG KONG Bird flu appears to be taking root in Hong Kong now that it has surfaced in both local wild birds and chicken, the territory's health secretary said Friday. "It's not just Hong Kong. This virus will exist in neighboring areas, southern China as well as
Publication: AP Worldstream
Hong Kong bans poultry from bird flu-hit Canadian province; Japan asks visito...
WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-22-2005 Dateline: HONG KONG Hong Kong slapped an import ban on poultry from a western Canadian province that reported a bird flu case Tuesday, while Japan began asking travelers to disinfect their shoes to prevent the virus from entering
Publication: AP Worldstream
Hong Kong reportedly steps up health measures after confirming man died of bi...
00-00-0000 Dateline: HONG KONG The government said Friday it was stepping up precautions to prevent the spread of bird flu after health officials confirmed that a man died earlier this week after contracting the avian virus _ raising fears of a repeat of a 1997 outbreak that killed six people.
Publication: AP Worldstream
Hong Kong reports first H5 bird flu cases on local farm in 6 years
Hong Kong reports first H5 bird flu cases on local farm in 6 years HONG KONG, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) - Dead chicken found at a Hong Kong farm have tested positive for the H5 strain of the avian influenza virus, which were the first confirmed bird flu cases on a local farm in about six years, health
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Hong Kong to Inspect Mainland Farms for Bird-Flu Virus - New York Times
Hong Kong officials declared today that chickens imported from mainland China are the probable source of the bird-flu outbreak that has left four people dead here, and announced that they had worked out an elaborate new inspection system with mainland authorities to screen poultry imports.The
Publication: The New York Times
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