Abstract
An increase in the number of deaths of poultry from influenza A (H5N1) virus in live-bird poultry markets in Hong Kong has been reported by the WHO. As a result, the Hong Kong authorities initiated a two-week operation to slaughter >1 million poultry at local farms. All wholesale and retail markets selling chickens were closed and the birds destroyed. Retail outlets for live chickens remained closed for four weeks and importation of chickens from mainland China was stopped. Fortunately, no human cases of influenza A (H5N1) virus have been detected and the strains isolated from the birds differ genetically from the H5N1 virus that caused human disease in 1997. CK http://www.eurosurv.org/update/
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