Bird Flu Avian Influenza H5N1 Hong Kong News 

Two dead birds found at Olympic equestrian site in Hong Kong; authorities tes...
Found on 28 Jul 2008 16:59 GMT
Two dead birds were discovered at the Olympic equestrian venue in Hong Kong, and authorities were testing whether the animals were infected with the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

Hong Kong to extend deadline for plan to buy out live poultry sellers to redu...
Found on 25 Jul 2008 17:03 GMT
Hong Kong extended the deadline for poultry retailers to give up their licenses to sell live birds in exchange for cash, after the plan fell short of its goal of shutting down 85 percent of the vendors to minimize the threat of bird flu, officials said Friday.

Vietnam bird flu reports under close watch in Hong Kong
Vietnam bird flu reports under close watch in Hong Kong HONG KONG, March 23 (Xinhua) - Hong Kong took close watch at bird- flu case following reports of a suspected bird flu outbreak in a village in Vietnam. According to Wednesday's government news release, a hotline has been set up to handle

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

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)

Bird Flu Claims Lives, Ways of Life in Asia; Hong Kong Discourages Buddhist R...
Something was strange about the little brown bird found dead from bird flu in one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts. The scaly-breasted munia usually lives in rural areas of the territory. So how did it and five others come to be in a bustling urban district - raising the threat of

Publication: The Washington Post

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 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