Spread of avian influenza to Hong Kong food and environment protection department kills another 60000 live chickens
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Last Update: 2002-02-06
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: People's daily, Hong Kong, February 5 - it has been found that the avian influenza (H5N1) virus may have spread to Hong Kong After the destruction of 110000 live chickens the day before yesterday, a farm in Kam Tin, Yuen Long, also found live chickens infected with H5N1 virus The environment and Food Bureau will take action today to destroy 64000 live chickens in the farm The chief executive, Tung Chee Hwa, said after a visit to Kwun Tong District, Kowloon, on February 4 that the HKSAR government will develop a long-term strategy to ensure the environmental health and public safety of Hong Kong in the event of a large number of recent deaths of chickens It is understood that as of yesterday, a total of 168300 chickens have been destroyed in Hong Kong, with an estimated compensation of about HK $5 million Ren Guan Peiying, director of the environment and Food Bureau, held a press conference yesterday to report on the killing of chickens in recent days Ren said that for the sake of safety, the relevant departments had sent staff to inspect 142 chicken farms in Hong Kong on February 4 Starting today, AFCD staff will be stationed at each chicken farm to monitor the health of chickens on the spot Although more than 100000 chickens have been destroyed, there is no shortage in the live chicken market due to the fact that there are more than 3 million chickens in Hong Kong (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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