Safety measures: Workers wearing protective gowns and masks disposing of culled poultry in Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Cheung Sha Wan district. — EPA
HONG KONG: Hong Kong began culling thousands of chickens after the deadly H7N9 virus was discovered in poultry imported from China, days after the city raised alert levels when a woman was hospitalised with the disease.
Authorities found the bird flu virus in samples taken from 120 chickens imported from the nearby Chinese city of Huizhou, and plan to slaughter some 15,000 birds.
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