Bird Flu Scare Steps Up Border Checks in Hong Kong

Border checks have now been stepped up in Hong Kong after the city reported its first case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu. Extra health officials have been deployed to carry out random temperature checks at entry points to the southern Chinese city, which already have thermal imaging systems. The health department has liaised with border officers in the neighbouring mainland China city of Shenzhen to stay alert for travellers and cross-border students with ...