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H9 bird flu detected at Hong Kong wet market after 2-year-old boy infected

By Irene Chan

A sample collected at Sha Tin’s Wo Che Market has tested positive for H9 avian flu after a two-year-old boy, who visited the wet market twice, contracted the virus. Hong Kong’s health authority said at a press conference on Monday that they were following the toddler’s infection. The boy was diagnosed with the H9N2 bird […]