Hong Kong Confirms First Human H7N9 Bird-Flu Case - WSJ.com
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong is on public-health alert after the city confirmed its first human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, with an Indonesian domestic worker hospitalized in critical condition.
The government said late Monday the 36-year-old woman had visited the Chinese city of Shenzhen last month, and had contact with poultry there. She fell ill on Nov. 21 and was hospitalized six days later.
This April 8, 2013, file photo shows a worker cleaning empty cages used for transporting chickens, to prevent an outbreak of H7N9 infections at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong. Associated Press
The government said some people with whom the woman had close contact, including the family that employs her, are showing minor respiratory symptoms and are being isolated in a hospital for observation.
