From Bloomberg:China halted the supply of live poultry, day-old chicks and pet birds to Hong Kong for three weeks after a man in Guangzhou died of avian influenza, Hong Kong's government said in a statement.
Hong Kong will step up inspection of local farms and wholesale and retail markets and will step up efforts to combat bird and poultry smuggling, the government said in a faxed statement received late yesterday evening.
China's Health Ministry told Hong Kong that a 32-year-old man who died in Guangdong province March 2 probably had the H5N1 virus, the Hong Kong government said March 5. The diagnosis has been confirmed, yesterday's statement said.
``Surveillance of avian influenza indicate a growing risk of an outbreak in Hong Kong, preventive measures thus need to be strengthened,'' the statement said. Should there be no further avian or human cases of the virus, the supply of live birds will resume in three weeks, it said.
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