Prevention of Avian Influenza- News

Global situation of avian influenza
December 27 Rest Day for poultry outlets (25.12.2006)
More live chickens from Mainland during Winter Solstice (8.12.2006)
December 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.12.2006)
Applications for importing Republic of Korea poultry suspended (27.11.2006)
November 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.11.2006)
November 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.11.2006)
Influenza vaccination for elderly people in residential care homes started (6.11.2006)
HA launches Influenza Vaccination Programme (6.11.2006)
October 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.10.2006)
Exercise to practise culling local poultry (20.10.2006)
Development of poultry slaughtering and processing plant underway (13.10.2006)
October 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.10.2006)
Hospital Authority participates in "Exercise CYPRESS" (27.9.20006)
Exercise Cypress reviews Hong Kong's preparedness for avian flu (27.9.20006)
Operation mounted against illegal import of chicken (26.9.2006)
Exercise to review Government's response to human avian flu (26.9.2006)
September 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.9.2006)
Prince of Wales Hospital fever cases (12.9.2006)
September 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.9.2006)
August 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.8.2006)
Stay vigilant to prevent avian influenza: HWFB (16.8.2006)
Application for animal/bird exhibition licence for keeping racing pigeons (11.8.2006)
August 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.8.2006)
Netherlands poultry meat import applications suspended (3.8.2006)
Arrangement on suspension of Mainland poultry imports in human bird flu cases revised (29.7.2006)
July 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.7.2006)
Revision of fee for animal/bird exhibition licence (7.7.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme Wrap Up (6.7.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (5.7.2006)
Republic of South Africa poultry and ostrich meat imports suspended (5.7.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (4.7.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (3.7.2006)
HK to resume import of live poultry and birds from Guangdong (3.7.2006)
Health talks on avian flu for Indonesian community (2.7.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (30.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Alerting Mechanism for Influenza Pandemic (29.6.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (29.6.2006)
Tripartite meeting on infectious diseases held in Dongguan (29.6.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (28.6.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (27.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Enhanced Surveillance Programme (26.6.2006)
HA's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (24.6.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (23.6.2006)
June 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.6.2006)
HA's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (22.6.2006)
Hospital Authority's Enhanced Surveillance Programme (21.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Enhanced Surveillance Programme (20.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Enhanced Surveillance Programme (19.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Enhanced Surveillance Programme (17.6.2006)
HK Customs works closely with Mainland Customs, FEHD and AFCD to deter poultry smuggling (17.6.2006)
Reports of influenza on the rise (16.6.2006)
Hospital Authority enhances surveillance programme (16.6.2006)
Public health experts visit Shenzhen after avian flu case confirmed (16.6.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (16.6.2006)
Government on full alert against avian influenza (15.6.2006)
Confirmation of a human avian flu case in Shenzhen (15.6.2006)
Hospital Authority Enhanced Surveillance Programme (15.6.2006)
Government steps up measures to guard against avian influenza (14.6.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (14.6.2006)
Hospital Authority activates Enhanced Surveillance Programme (14.6.2006)
Public health experts visit Shenzhen (14.6.2006)
Notification of a suspected human avian flu case in Shenzhen received (13.6.2006)
Republic of Hungary poultry meat imports suspended (13.6.2006)
Leaflets on avian influenza distributed to Indonesian community (28.5.2006)
LCQ7: Live poultry retail stalls (24.5.2006)
May 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.5.2006)
Denmark poultry meat import applications suspended (19.5.2006)
Seminar on avian flu held in Hong Kong (12.5.2006)
Action taken against rest day breaches (10.5.2006)
LCQ1: Measures to segregate customers from live poultry (10.5.2006)
May 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.5.2006)
SHWF on avian flu and discharge planning in public hospitals (3.5.2006)
Norfolk poultry meat/product import applications suspended (29.4.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Sichuan Province received (27.4.2006)
Action taken against rest day breaches (25.4.2006)
Government addresses concerns of live poultry trade (25.4.2006)
HWFB on import of Mainland chickens (21.4.2006)
Government calls on live poultry traders not to take drastic actions (19.4.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Hubei Province received (18.4.2006)
PSHWF briefs Heung Yee Kuk on Sheung Shui poultry processing plant project (18.4.2006)
Restrictions on French poultry meat/product imports partially lifted (12.4.2006)
Mai Po Nature Reserve to be re-opened (12.4.2006)
SHWF explains slaughtering plant proposal to live poultry trade (12.4.2006)
Action taken against rest day breaches (10.4.2006)
Poultry slaughtering plant can help reduce avian influenza risk (6.4.2006)
Resumption of live poultry import runs smoothly (31.3.2006)
IACC discusses bird flu precautionary measures (29.3.2006)
LC: Speech by SHWF on Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Licensing of Livestock Keeping) (Amendment) Regulation 2006 (29.3.2006)
Epidemic Prevention is Everybody's Business (25.3.2006)
Peregrine Falcon tested positive for H5N1 virus (25.3.2006)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital drill on avian influenza (25.3.2006)
CHP notified that the human avian flu case in Shanghai was confirmed (24.3.2006)
SHWF meets with Director-General of Health Department of Guangdong Province (24.3.2006)
CHP notified of a suspected human avian flu case in Shanghai (24.3.2006)
March 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.3.2006)
Chicken farmers briefed on import of day-old chicks (22.3.2006)
Resumption of pet birds supply from Guangdong Province (20.3.2006)
PSHWF visits Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (20.3.2006)
SHWF meets with live poultry traders (15.3.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (15.3.2006)
Feral pigeons test negative for H5 virus (14.3.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (14.3.2006)
Up-to-date information of avian influenza available on website (9.3.2006)
LCQ16: Dead birds carrying H5N1 avian influenza virus (8.3.2006)
March 10 Rest Day for poultry outlets (8.3.2006)
SHWF meets H5N1 Concern Group (7.3.2006)
Information of H5N1-infected birds on website (7.3.2006)
CHP keeps a close watch on Guangdong human avian flu case (7.3.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (7.3.2006)
Local chicken population to be reduced to two million (6.3.2006)
Hospital Authority's enhanced measures (6.3.2006)
FEHD meets poultry trade (6.3.2006)
Public health professionals visit Guangzhou (6.3.2006)
Preventive measures enhanced to safeguard public health (5.3.2006)
Notification of a suspected human avian flu case in Guangdong received (3.3.2006)
Chickens in Guangzhou farm die of coccidiosis (2.3.2006)
LCQ2: Poultry slaughtering plant (1.3.2006)
Government responds to villager's decision to file judicial review application (28.2.2006)
Three birds tested positive for H5N1 virus (27.2.2006)
Notification of human avian flu cases in Zhejiang and Anhui received (25.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested for H5 virus (25.2.2006)
House Crow tested for H5 virus (24.2.2006)
Government considers pet poultry keeping issues (24.2.2006)
Housing Department steps up measures to drive away house crows (23.2.2006)
February 25 Rest Day for poultry outlets (23.2.2006)
CS meets Shenzhen Mayor (23.2.2006)
House Crow tested for H5 virus (22.2.2006)
CHP urges public to stay away from wild birds (22.2.2006)
Three birds tested for H5 virus (21.2.2006)
Backyard poultry ban aims to safeguard public health (21.2.2006)
Risk assessment report on avian influenza (20.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested positive for H5N1 virus (20.2.2006)
AFCD closely monitors Bird Garden stalls (20.2.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (20.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested for H5 virus (18.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested for H5 virus (17.2.2006)
Illegal poultry slaughtering factory smashed in Yuen Long (17.2.206)
Government spares no effort in preventing bird flu (16.2.2006)
Views Sought on the Waste Disposal Ordinance Notice 2006 and Public Health Regulation 2006 (16.2.2006)
LCQ16: Handling bird carcasses (15.2.2006)
Patrol teams enforce ban on backyard poultry (13.2.2006)
Pledging Ceremony on Hospital Authority "Let's BEAT the FLU" Campaign (12.2.2006)
Poultry keeping breaches public rental housing tenancy agreement (11.2.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Hunan received (10.2.2006)
Dead chicken and Japanese White-eye tested positive for H5N1 virus (10.2.2006)
Handbook on Prevention of Avian Influenza in Schools (9.2.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Fujian received (8.2.2006)
Japanese White-eye tested for H5 virus (8.2.2006)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital announces test results of 20-month-old boy (8.2.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on avian influenza (8.2.2006)
Backyard poultry keeping to be banned from Monday (8.2.2006)
Dead chicken in Tuen Mun tested for H5 virus (7.2.2006)
Little Egret tested for H5 virus (7.2.2006)
Transcript of SHWF on avian influenza (6.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested positive for H5N1 virus (6.2.2006)
HK Customs steps up surveillance against poultry smuggling (6.2.2006)
Common Magpie tested for H5 virus (4.2.2006)
Transcript of remarks by SHWF on legislation to ban household poultry keeping (3.2.2006)
Legislative amendments banning household poultry keeping (3.2.2006)
H5N1 tests on people put in isolation are negative (2.2.2006)
Three persons admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital for observation (1.2.2006)
Preliminary tests found two new H5N1 cases on dead birds (1.2.2006)
Temporary closure of aviaries at four LCSD parks (1.2.2006)
Magpie robin tested positive for H5N1 virus (29.1.2006)
Smooth operation for increasing live chicken imports preceding Lunar New Year (28.1.2006)
Wild bird tested for H5N1 virus (27.1.2006)
Review and outlook of infectious diseases (24.1.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Sichuan received (23.1.2006)
Government steps up precautionary measures against avian influenza (20.1.2006)
CHP to hold seminar on avian flu for local health care professionals (20.1.2006)
Shenzhen-Hong Kong workshop on inspection and quarantine (20.1.2006)
Oriental Magpie Robin tests H5N1 positive (19.1.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case in Sichuan received (18.1.2006)
SHWF to attend International Pledging Conference on Avian and Human Influenza (16.1.2006)
Travellers to Turkey reminded to be extra cautious against avian flu (12.1.2006)
LCQ15: Monitoring provision of influenza vaccines (11.1.2006)
Notification of human avian flu case (9.1.2006)
CHP closely monitors cases of human avian flu in Turkey (9.1.2006)
Extra Rest Day in January for poultry outlets (4.1.2006)
Imports of poultry and poultry meat from Sichuan Province suspended (4.1.2006)

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