Hong Kong food and health bureau chief don't contact the living poultry to call upon

Hong Kong food and health bureau chief don't contact the living poultry to call upon
Hong Kong food and health bureau chief don't contact the living poultry to call upon
Hong Kong, February 5 of China News Service (reporter Chen YiMin) Hong Kong food and health bureau chief show on the fifth on Monday, find the poultry corpse with H5N1 virus in north Dayu Mountain recently in the high mountain, the majority floats from the Pearl River along the bank, he calls upon citizens not to contact the living poultry, especially disease birds. The fishman attended to the administration to verify a few days ago, picked up corpse of three ducks and geese obtained and tested H5N1 virus positively in the gulf of spiral shell of sand of Dayu Mountain naturally. Wife's parents attend Hospital Authority to show, fail to confirm the source of birds' bird's corpse at present while gathering together to exchange greetings on new year on Monday. The government of Hong Kong got in touch with inland relevant department last week, learnt that did not receive and register chicken's field to break into bird flu in the hinterland. He says, after fishing protects the administration and finishes patrolling Dayu Mountain, a sign does not reveal someone raises the poultry scattered. Infer, he thinks the majority is to drift about from along the Pearl River to Hong Kong according to the rivers. He points out, the authorities will monitor relevant situations closely, trace the possible source of poultry's corpse. He says, eight living poultry seized in Yuen Long on the fourth, believe that there is no relation with the death birds that are found for the last few days. Still show on Monday, just proved sample of three ducks and geese with H5N1, virus gene not great change in the high mountain. But in the past two months, eight cases of mankind happen and is infected with the bird flu case in the hinterland, the figure was higher than last year, the risk increased to some extent. High mountain call upon Monday, citizen should try hard prevent from and chicken, duck or born poultry type contact while being other, this is the best method to prevent bird flu. He says, though there is poultry's corpse that floats, if citizens avoid touching these corpses, it is believed that the risk is not big. (End)


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