HK health dept slaughters 4,500 birds after deadly H7N9 virus found

Preventive measure: Workers culling chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Hong Kong. — AFP

HONG KONG: Hong Kong culled 4,500 birds after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in a chicken at a local market.

Health officials in white hazmat suits and masks dumped the chickens into green plastic bins at a wholesale poultry market in central Hong Kong yesterday morning.