Hong Kong confirms 1st bird flu in years

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Health officials in Hong Kong have raised an alert on a serious case of bird flu as they have diagnosed the first human case of the disease.
A 59-year-old woman fell ill with the H5N1 avian flu virus shortly after returning home from China, Hong Kong's officials confirmed on Thursday, AFP reported.
The officials noted that she was in serious conditions, adding that it is not yet clear whether she was infected in Hong Kong, the densely populated city of 7 million residents.
This is the first outbreak of the disease in that area since 2003. There is a "high risk" of contracting the potentially fatal disease.
The government has raised the crowded city's avian influenza alert level to "serious", said a spokesman for the Department of Health.
Hong Kong's Health Secretary York Chow reiterated that measures were being taken to monitor markets and chicken farms. Tests were also conducted on chickens imported from China, DPA reported.
Hong Kong recorded its last human case of the bird flu in 2003 when six people died of the virus.
The World Health Organization has announced that over 500 cases of bird flu have been diagnosed world-wide since 2003. According to the international organization, merely 302 cases have been fatal so far.