Avian influenza continues to spread in Hong Kong
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Last Update: 2002-02-09
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: avian influenza continues to spread in Hong Kong SAR On May 5, authorities found that there were only abnormal chickens in 6 farms and decided to close 24 farms immediately Among the newly discovered problem farms, 4 are located in Jintian, which increased the number of farms with infected chickens to 7 The other two farms are in flood bridge and Luofu Mountain The total number of chickens involved in the closed farm is more than 700000 The bird flu has been confirmed as H5N1, the same virus that killed six people in 1997 Hong Kong's Secretary for environment and food, Ren Guan Peiying, said the government is closely monitoring the spread of the virus Closure is just a precaution, and when tests confirm that there are no problems with the chickens, the government will unseal them Ren guanpeiying revealed that AFCD has also found that chickens sold in four stalls in three markets are infected with avian influenza They have destroyed 1000 chickens in these stalls at once In order to control the spread of avian influenza virus, Hong Kong authorities have set Friday as the off-market cleaning day for chicken stands in Hong Kong's market, which will sell 100000 chickens in the next two days.
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