Bird Flu Monitor > Hong Kong bird flu cases raise questions over China's detection

[Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] The report came days after two dead chickens with H5N1 were found floating in the sea off Hong Kong, the latest of more than a dozen chickens, ducks and other birds to wash up along the city's coastline since the start of year.

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[Home/News/Hong Kong] Sparrows living at Yuen Long farm linked to latest bird flu outbreak: Experts who visited the Yuen Long chicken farm at the centre of the latest bird flu outbreak found important evidence flying around - sparrows. The experts believe that chickens and sparrows, which can carry the H5 virus, .

[YEHEY! News - Top Stories] Tougher bird flu vaccine - Yehey! News: HONG KONGHong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus that could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors, the University of Hong Kong said Monday. In December, authorities found H5N1 in a chicken at a poultry farm in Hong Kong, prompting the slaughter of more than 90000 chickens.

[Home/News/Hong Kong] Farmers chicken about GM rice that stops H5N1: Chinese scientists have genetically modified rice to inoculate poultry against H5N1 bird flu - but are struggling to find flocks to test it on.

[Just another Digs News and Info] Bendy gadget future for graphene « Just another Digs News and Info: A 16-year-old boy has died from bird flu in central China, bringing to three the number of fatalities this year.State media said the boy, surnamed Wu, had fallen ill 10 days ago and had been in contact with dead poultry.A Chinese health expert says that the country risks “an epidemic” of human bird flu cases in the next few weeks.Shu Yuelong, from the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said China needed to work harder at preventing bird flu outbreaks.The BBC’s Beijing correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports that winter and spring are prime bird flu seasons, when more than 70% of cases occur.Millions of Chinese people are heading home for Chinese new year, increasing the chances of infection, he says, and in spring, migratory birds carry it over great distances."If there is no avian flu outbreak in poultry and yet there are human cases, does this mean the virus has changed"Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, Hong KongOn Monday, a Chinese woman in eastern Shandong province was announced to have died from bird flu.And two weeks ago, a 19-year-old woman died in Beijing after handling ducks.Meanwhile, a two-year old toddler reported to have been in critical condition with the H5N1 virus has now recovered and is described as “stable”.Chinese and Hong Kong media have been reporting that the toddler’s mother had died this month after exhibiting symptoms similar to bird flu, but her death has not been officially blamed on bird flu.Neighbourly concernThe upsurge in bird flu deaths on the mainland is causing concern in Hong Kong where consumers have been told not to eat poultry smuggled in from China.China’s ministry of agriculture said on Sunday that no bird flu epidemics were detected in Shanxi and Henan provinces after the two-year-old’s infection was confirmed.Hong Kong’s secretary for food and health, Dr York Chow, said this was a cause for concern.”There are two main areas we are concerned about: one is that if there is no avian flu outbreak in poultry and yet there are human cases, does this mean the virus has changed”Secondly, we are worried about whether there are more so-called ’slightly infected’

[Health News Blog] Over 80000 Chickens To Be Killed In Hong Kong After Bird Flu Found ...: Home · Over 80000 Chickens To Be Killed In Hong Kong After Bird Flu Found. Authorities in Hong Kong say over 80000 chickens will be culled after a poultry farm was found to have chickens infected with avian influenza (bird flu).

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