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Article: HONG KONG BIRD FLU SPREADS MORE SLOWLY THAN EXPECTED.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 2, 1998
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Byline: Associated Press
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong confirmed a case of bird flu in a teenage girl Thursday, bringing to 14 the number of people known to be infected with the sometimes fatal virus. It was the first new case this week.
Hong Kong's Cabinet will discuss the crisis at its weekly meeting today, amid reports that at least one Cabinet member is accusing the government of overreacting to the outbreak -- which so far is spreading more slowly than had been feared.
Doctors have pinpointed chickens as the likely source of the mysterious influenza A H5N1 virus, leading the government to order all Hong Kong's 1.3 million chickens killed.
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