HK: No sign bird flu spreading | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Hong Kong health authorities said Saturday there was no sign of bird flu spreading among humans after the densely-populated city recorded its first case of the virus in seven years.

Two parrots sit on a bar in a bird market in Hong Kong on November 18. Hong Kong health authorities said there was no sign of bird flu spreading among humans after the densely-populated city recorded its first case of the virus in seven years.

"So far we feel that the risk of avian influenza in Hong Kong is still slim, and also there is no indication of human to human transmission," Secretary for Food and Health York Chow told reporters.