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Hong Kong fear for flu epidemic as they kill 17,000 birds

Hong Kong health authorities have announced a cull of the chicken population – destroying 17,000 birds in a wholesale market because a chicken tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu virus. This is the first time a case has been recorded since 2008. York Chow, who is the secretary for …

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