HONG KONG: Hong Kong hospitals raised alert levels as a woman diagnosed with the deadly H7N9 avian flu virus was in a critical condition.
The 68-year-old woman was hospitalised on Dec 25 after returning from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen almost two weeks earlier, although it has not been confirmed where or how she contracted the virus.
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