Press release from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection :
" A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (February 13) that two dead little egrets found in Tuen Mun on February 6 and 7 were confirmed to be H5N1-positive after a series of laboratory tests.
The two dead birds were found and collected at the northern entrance to Tuen Mun Park, Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, on February 6 and 7.
The little egret is a common resident bird in Hong Kong.
The AFCD will continue to conduct inspections of poultry farms to ensure that proper precautions against avian influenza have been implemented."
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