Monday, 15 December 2008
Changing Season in Asia Revives Avian Flu Threat to Humans and Birds
Government workers destroyed poultry at a Hong Kong farm Tuesday after dead chickens -- including some vaccinated birds -- tested positive for bird flu. (Photo: AFP)
DECEMBER 14, 2008By
JONATHAN CHENG
The Wall Street Journal
HONG KONG -- A lethal strain of avian influenza has resurfaced in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Cambodia, raising the threat to humans as the traditional winter flu season approaches.
Authorities in India's northeastern Assam state said they will cull 200,000 chickens after a fresh outbreak there of the bird flu strain known as H5N1. Hong Kong is coping with the first appearance of H5N1 on its poultry farms in more than five years. On Tuesday, it quarantined a chicken farm and culled 80,000 birds.
In Indonesia, the World Health Organization confirmed two new cases of human bird flu on Tuesday, while in Cambodia, a 19-year-old has been confirmed with the virus, the country's first human case in more than 18 months, the World Health Organization and Cambodian government said.
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