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Article: Hong Kong bird flu outbreak confirmed to be H5N1

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Hong Kong bird flu outbreak confirmed to be H5N1

HONG KONG, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The latest bird flu outbreak on a Hong Kong chicken farm was caused by the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government confirmed Thursday.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said test results confirmed the virus to be H5N1 on Thursday afternoon, two days after samples collected by the department tested positive for the H5 strain.

It was the first outbreak of H5 bird flu on a Hong Kong farm in about six years.

Health authorities declared the area within three kilometers of the affected farm an infected place on ...

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