A bird flu scare in Hong Kong has silenced the repertoire of caged tunes enthusiasts are accustomed to hearing at the popular Yuen Po Street Bird Garden in Mong Kok, as authorities on Friday closed down the area for 21 days and declared it an infection risk.
A cleansing operation is under way, after a swab sample from a hill mynah sold at a pet shop was found to contain the H5 virus, a strain of bird flu that can be transmitted to humans.
The sample was collected on April 7 for laboratory tests...
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