The U.S. poultry team believes that avian influenza in Hong Kong will soon end

Introduction: [the U.S poultry team believes that the bird flu in Hong Kong will be over soon] the "bird flu" in Hong Kong is unlikely to spread to other countries because the Hong Kong authorities have taken swift action to kill all poultry in Hong Kong, the U.S poultry and Egg Export Commission said Monday Margaret, chairman of the Regional Committee of the association of Southeast Asian nations, said that as Hong Kong began to import large quantities of frozen chicken to replace fresh chicken, these measures would not have a significant impact on market supply and prices "I don't think the virus will spread to other countries," say told Reuters in a telephone interview "The Hong Kong government's killing of live chickens has been swift." Last week, Hong Kong officials said they would kill all 1.2 million chickens in Hong Kong and stop imports from mainland China to stop the development of influenza, out of fear that bird flu might infect humans For the second time in less than four years, Hong Kong has killed poultry due to flu In 1997, when a different avian influenza virus hit Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong government killed 1.4 million chickens, which resulted in 6 days' death "During the last outbreak in Hong Kong, influenza control was very rapid This time, they're acting quickly on it so far, so we expect the virus to get under control as quickly as last time, "said say The latest virus, H5N1, is harmless to humans, but the government's efforts are to try to eliminate it before it crosses with other viruses and may harm humans The U.S poultry and Egg Export Commission is an industry sponsored trade organization whose purpose is to promote the export of U.S poultry and egg products in overseas markets Preventive measures when asked to comment on Hong Kong's ban on importing poultry from mainland China, say said, "this is just a defensive measure." Hong Kong consumes about 100000 fresh chickens a day, more than 70% of which come from mainland China Beijing has denied responsibility for bird flu, but has agreed to help prevent the spread of the virus After the outbreak of bird flu, Taiwan said it would take measures to check and monitor Hong Kong visitors on the screen as a measure to prevent "bird flu" from landing in Taiwan The outbreak of bird flu has led the Philippines to quickly ban the import of poultry products from Hong Kong and China "There is no harm in taking some measures for these countries," said say, "but there is no need to fear it, no need to take any major measures." Hong Kong has forced disinfection of poultry outlets across the territory to prevent the spread of influenza Say declined to list the figures, but said frozen chicken imports could increase significantly as Hong Kong has for some time discouraged imports of live poultry The virus infects only live poultry "I don't think the price of poultry in Hong Kong will rise significantly," said say "In a word, the quarantine measures are very appropriate Hong Kong importers can meet the market demand for protein through frozen chicken." But, she said, there is a need to be wary of illegal traders, who may try to bid up prices "The government will follow their practices closely Hong Kong imports frozen chicken from the United States, accounting for 60-70% of the market demand for frozen chicken China feed industry information network 4jq