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Travelers to HK, China Urged to take Precaution on Avian Flu VirusChristine Gaylican
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As cases of the avian flu virus seem to worsen in southern China公仔箱論壇5 j' Z( z. T0 C* ], q k
bordering Hong Kong, citizens and visitors are again urged to take precautionary measures against the spread of the disease.
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; s1 ~9 M) d9 E4 ]5.39.217.77 The lethal virus, which affects fowl and migratory bird species and could be passed on to humans, claimed the life of a bus driver from Shenzhen. Thousands of chicken had already been culled in Shenzhen, a city in Guangdong province with close to 10 million in population.3 f1 r. e# P# O. i% ?
This is the first human fatality in 18 months as the fight to eradicate the disease continues.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. I, |) n! L; v' s3 [
The 39-year-old man, surnamed Chen, died in Shenzhen of complications due to severe pneumonia, kidney, liver and heart failure caused by the H5N1 virus.
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