Published Date: 2003-01-05 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong)
Archive Number: 20030105.0036
AVIAN INFLUENZA - CHINA (HONG KONG)
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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003
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Source: Associated Press via National Institute for Animal Agriculture, 3
Jan 2003 [edited]
<http://www.animalagriculture.org/news/jan3/HongKong.htm>
Hong Kong: chickens killed amid growing bird flu fears
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Health inspectors have destroyed more than 50 chickens at a fresh food shop
here after some of the birds were stricken with avian flu. The birds were
killed after 13 dead chickens were found in the shop on Mon, 30 Dec 2002,
the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said in a statement. The shop
was ordered closed so that it could be disinfected by health workers, it
said.
The latest discovery of the virus came after the government slaughtered more
than 16 000 chickens on a farm on Sat, 28 Dec 2002, after a number of dead
birds were found there. To prevent the spread of the avian flu, the
government also closed Hong Kong's wholesale poultry market for cleansing on
Monday. 2 weeks ago, 20 dead chickens found in Mui Wo market on Lantau
island had the bird flu, sparking fears of another outbreak of the deadly
disease.
The avian virus detected so far is not of the same strain [H5N1] that
crossed over into humans in 1997, killing 6 people and causing the
government to slaughter all 1.4 million chickens in the territory. Many
people in Hong Kong prefer live poultry from wet markets, where chickens are
packed into cages as they wait to be slaughtered on the spot.
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See Also
2002----
Avian influenza? - China (Hong Kong) 20020203.3475
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (02) 20020206.3492
Avian Influenza - China (Hong Kong) (03) 20020209.3516
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (04) 20020210.3527
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (05) 20020220.3593
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (06) 20020224.3627
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (07) 20020305.3694
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (08) 20020405.3890
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (09) 20020418.3979
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (10) 20020526.4324
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (11) 20020530.4362
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (12) 20021219.6092
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (13) 20021222.6112
Avian influenza - China (Hong Kong) (14) 20021228.6144
2001
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Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) 20010420.0778
Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) (02) 20010517.0962
Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) (03) 20010518.0973
Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) (04) 20010519.0978
Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) (05) 20010522.0991
Avian influenza, H5N1 - China (Hong Kong) (06) 20010528.1038
1998
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Influenza H5N1, avian - China 19980108.0055
Influenza H5N1, avian - China (02) 19980116.0130
Influenza H5N1, avian - China (03) 19980118.0142
Influenza H5N1, avian - China (04) 19980119.0156
1997
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Influenza, bird-to-man, first case? 19970820.1747
Influenza, bird-to-human - China (Hong Kong) (30) 19971231.2566
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