Bird Flu Leads to China Chicken Ban

The Hong Kong government announced it will indefinitely halt all chicken imports from China in a move to curb the spread of bird flu, which is believed to have claimed another victim. A government statement said a 60-year-old woman hospitalized with suspected bird flu died of pneumonia, but confirmation was not yet available that she had the bird flu virus. The suspension of imports from China, Hong Kong’s biggest poultry supplier, was described as a temporary measure to give officials time to set up a strict system of controls for monitoring poultry from the mainland.