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coyote
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Posted: December 26 2013 at 4:37am |
Hong Kong reports first H7N9 death; officials step up border checks
HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong man infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu died on Thursday, the first such death in the city since the virus emerged there this month. The 80-year-old man was the second reported case of H7N9 infection in Hong Kong after one reported on Dec 2. [link to www.straitstimes.com] Related Stories Hong Kong confirms second human H7N9 bird flu case in a week HK to quarantine 17 people over H7N9 bird flu case |
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Good catch, Coyote. It's just hitting the wires now.
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia/story/hong-kong-reports-first-h7n9-death-officials-step-border-checks-20131226 |
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Thanks and hope you had a nice Christmas!
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I did - thank you
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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