Hong Kong Quarantines Bird Flu Woman, to Check Markets
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A Hong Kong woman who contracted H5N1 bird flu, the first case in the city since 2003, has been quarantined in intensive care and the government will inspect poultry markets over the next few days.
There was no indication of human-to-human transmission of the influenza and eight close contacts of the 59-year-old woman are showing no symptoms, Secretary for Food and Health York Chow told reporters in Hong Kong today.