Warning on 'flu virus

Hong Kong - A senior Hong Kong health official, Mr Paul Saw, said yesterday he could not rule out the risk that a 'flu virus, …

Hong Kong - A senior Hong Kong health official, Mr Paul Saw, said yesterday he could not rule out the risk that a 'flu virus, previously unknown in humans, could spread worldwide after killing two people in the Chinese territory.

Two US experts from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta have flown into Hong Kong to help study the H5N1 influenza virus, usually confined to chickens.

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