According to local authorities, today Hong Kong increased the alert level for bird flu after a woman was hospitalized in a critical condition.
As the Health authorities in Hong Kong explained, the 68 year old woman was admitted to hospital on the 25th of December, two weeks after her return from Shenzhen city of southern China, where she had eaten chicken. The woman who had not come into contact with live poultry had the symptoms of the bird flu since the 19th of December.
Ten people, of whom three died, have been diagnosed in Hong Kong with the virus H7N9.
Over 170 people have died since 2013 form the virus.