HONG KONG: An elderly man has contracted a mild form of bird flu in the first case of its type for four years, Hong Kong officials said.
“We are now investigating a confirmed human case of influenza A H9N2, affecting a man aged 86,” said Leung Ting-hung, controller of the city’s Centre for Health Protection.
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