All live poultry in Hong Kong’s street markets and shops is to be slaughtered after officials detected the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus. Tests showed infected birds in four markets. Agriculture, fisheries and conservation director Cheung Siu-hing did not say how many birds would be killed. But she said the virus has not been detected in samples from local chicken farms and distribution centres.
Health workers killed 2,700 poultry in a market on Saturday after routine testing showed five chickens were infected with the virus. The government also temporarily banned supplies of all live poultry from mainland China and local farms. More
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