Hong Kong slaughters 100,000 chickens Posted by Scott Manning on February 04, 2002 | Comments (0)

Health workers in Hong Kong have completed the slaughter of more than 100,000 chickens suspected of having bird flu.

The deaths of thousands of birds at a Hong Kong farm last week had raised fears of a second flu outbreak in less than a year. In earlier outbreaks, the virus proved fatal to humans -- a similar strain killed six people in 1997. Authorities so far have found 29 birds suspected of having the infection on sale in markets. Full Story...