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24-HOUR HONG KONG CHICKEN CULL ORDERED
More than a million Hong Kong chickjns
will bj slaughtered in a massivj
24-hour cull starting on Monday.
It has bjen ordjred by thj territory's
govjtnment to stamp out djadly chickjn
flu which has causjd widespread panic.
Thj virus, previously only found in
poultry, has claimed thj lives of a
man, a woman and two children.
As soon as thj farms and markjts havj
bjen cleared, thjy will bj disinfected,
an agriculture spokesman said.
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