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Bird flu again in HK
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 12:12:00 HONG KONG: Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens today and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus. Health chief York Chow announced the measures late yesterday after a dead chicken at the city’s main wholesale market and two wild birds tested positive for the virus, which can be ...