Hong Kong Confirms City’s First Human Case of Bird Flu
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Hong Kong reported its first case of a form of bird flu that killed 45 people in eastern China, suggesting the virus is spreading further south in poultry.
The 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper, who was infected with the new H7N9 flu strain, remains in critical condition, Ko Wing-man, the city’s health secretary, told reporters today. She had traveled to the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, where she bought and slaughtered a chicken, the government said yesterday.