Thursday, December 5, 2013

Hong Kong steps up border health checks over bird flu #H7N9 #Birdflu

December 5, 2013
Hong Kong authorities have stepped up border health checks after the city reported its first human case of the potentially deadly H7N9 bird flu, officials said Thursday.
 
Extra health officials have been deployed to carry out random temperature checks at entry points to the southern Chinese city, which already have thermal imaging systems.

The health department has liaised with border officers in the neighbouring mainland China city of Shenzhen to stay alert for travellers and cross-border students with fever or other symptoms, a government spokesman told AFP.

Continued:  http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/hong-kong-steps-up-border-health-checks-over-bird-flu
 

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