Bird Flu

H7N9 bird flu appears contained, UN health experts say

23 May 2013

The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some US$6.5 billion in losses to the economy, UN experts said.

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World not ready for mass flu outbreak, says WHO

22 May 2013

The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that...

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No new H7N9 cases in China for a week

21 May 2013

No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.

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Bird flu outbreak costs China's poultry industry US$65b

20 May 2013

China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan (HK$500 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state...

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Talking points

20 May 2013

Chen to address British MPS

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Poultry farms may be H7N9 source, study finds

19 May 2013

The study, compiled after a week-long field assessment of the influenza by a panel of experts commissioned by the WHO, was publicised by the National Health and Family Planning Commission...

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Guangzhou halts exports from poultry farm to HK after bird flu found nearby

Exports from a Guangzhou poultry farm have been suspended after the bird flu virus was found in a nearby market.

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China bird flu devastates Shanghai family

The virus has already killed her mother, and Kelly Gu’s father lies critically ill with H7N9 bird flu in a Shanghai hospital bed – the only couple both infected in China’s outbreak of the disease...

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Warmer weather may be curbing spread of bird flu in China

Government measures and favourable weather may be limiting the spread of a deadly new bird flu, as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply this month, say health experts.

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WHO SAID IT?

Who said it?

You could call this about as close to a cure, if not a cure, that we've seen

US virologist Dr Anthony Fauci on a new HIV treatment from a team led by HKU's Professor Chen Zhiwei

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HEALTH

Bird flu fears ease as alert lifted in Shanghai

Shanghai lifted its flu epidemic alert yesterday, with the municipal government saying that no new human cases of H7N9 bird flu had been recorded for three weeks.

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