To prevent bird flu, Hong Kong kills poultry from China
DDHK News, Hong Kong - Hong Kong's Health Minister, Ko Wing-man, announced Wednesday morning (31/12), the Cheung Sha Wan market will be closed for 21 days and imports will be suspended during the same period.
Authorities in Hong Kong have started culling 15.000 chickens at a poultry market and halting imports from mainland China after bird flu was found in chicks.
Hong Kong's Health Minister, Ko Wing-man, announced Wednesday morning (31/12), the Cheung Sha Wan market will be closed for 21 days and imports will be suspended during the same period.
Minister Ko Wing-man said the H7 strain of flu was found in chickens at a market supplied by a farm in mainland China's Guangdong province. Ko gave no further details.
Authorities are focused on preventing the spread of the H7N9 strain of avian flu. Last January, the Hong Kong government culled 20.000 chickens after a chicken from Guangdong tested positive for the H7N9 strain of bird flu. (voaindonesia.com). *
