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Hong Kong, the site of the first known H5N1 outbreak back in 1997, monitors wild birds carefully, always wary of a return of the virus. Last year, 21 birds were found to be infected with the bird flu virus.
This year, several egrets and one magpie robin have tested positive. A second magpie robin, found over the weekend, is now suspected of having died of the H5N1 virus.
Dead bird in Hong Kong tested for H5 bird flu
05/03/2008 -- 3:04 PM
Ha Noi (VNA) - Preliminary testing of a dead oriental magpie robin found earlier in Hong Kong had indicated a suspected case of H5 bird flu, authorities in the southern Chinese special administrative region said.
The dead bird was collected near the management center in Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve last weekend. The case was subject to further confirmatory tests.
A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying that authorities have conducted a thorough cleansing operation in the nearby area of the management centre on March 4.
The spokesman said the threat of bird flu remained and authorities would remain vigilant and continue to take preventive and control measures, Xinhua reported.-Enditem
