Hongkong to destroy bird flu chickens and plan to get vaccinated

Lead: Hong Kong, April 8 (Reuters) - the Hong Kong government began destroying 30000 chickens on Saturday due to another outbreak of bird flu As a precaution, a large number of chickens will be vaccinated A government spokeswoman said tests were underway to identify the outbreak, but the virus was different from the one that killed six people in 1997 In the past five years, Hong Kong has suffered three major bird flu attacks In February, nearly 900000 chickens were destroyed In 1997 and last year, more than one million chickens were destroyed in the region The food made of live chicken is a very popular meal in Hong Kong The Hong Kong government has been strongly criticized for the repeated outbreaks of bird flu, which have disrupted the supply of live chickens Liu kweikin, deputy director of agriculture, fisheries and conservation, said, "we believe that vaccination can help prevent further spread of the epidemic We can't get rid of the virus completely, because they exist in the whole environment, but we can protect our chicken farm from the virus " He also assured the public that it was safe to eat the vaccinated chicken "The vaccine is harmless to human body and can be eaten safely It will neither change the taste of the chicken nor change the taste of the chicken." About 100000 live chickens are sold in the Hong Kong market every day, 20% of which are raised locally in Hong Kong, and the rest are imported mainly from mainland China (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: