Live poultry imported from Mainland suspected to have H7 virus
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A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau confirmed today (January 27) that the preliminary result of H7 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test on a batch of live chicken imported from a registered poultry farm in Shunde District of Foshan City of Guangdong Province was suspected to be H7 positive. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department is conducting further tests and the results will be available later today.
Ends/Monday, January 27, 2014
Issued at HKT 19:03
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