Hong Kong has suspended the sale of live poultry after H7N9 avian virus ( bird flu ) was found in a sample of faecal samples of live poultry in Yan Oi Market in Tuen Mun during a routine check on 16 May by the Food and Animal Hygiene Department ( FEHD ) ; the test was declared positive for the virus on 4 June . The Hong Kong Special Administrative authority ( SAR ) government has also suspended the supply of chickens from local farms and the import of chickens from other countries . The last time Hong Kong suspended live poultry supply was between December 2014 and January 2015 , when samples from a batch imported from Huizhou in Guangdong tested positive to H7N9 virus ; around 79,000 chickens at Cheung Sha Wan were culled on that occasion . The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has identified H7N9 as " ... an unusually dangerous virus for humans " , with most cases resulting in severe respiratory illness , with a mortality rate of roughly 30 % .
Hong Kong has suspended the sale of live poultry after H7N9 avian influenza (bird flu) was found in a sample of faecal droppings of live poultry in Yan Oi Market in Tuen Mun during a routine check on 16 May by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD); the test was declared positive for the virus on 4 June. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government has also suspended the supply of chickens from local farms and the importing of chickens from other countries. The last time Hong Kong suspended live poultry supply was between December 2014 and January 2015, when samples from a batch imported from Huizhou in Guangdong tested positive to H7N9 virus; around 79,000 chickens at Cheung Sha Wan were culled on that occasion. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified H7N9 as "...an unusually dangerous virus for humans", with most cases resulting in severe respiratory illness, with a mortality rate of roughly 30%.