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.
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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.
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