Tianjin, Hebei on alert for bird flu

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-09-2009 09:42

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The young woman who died from bird flu had bought ducks at a market in neighboring Hebei province. A disinfection campaign is underway there and no signs of bird flu were found in Tianjin or Hebei province.

Customers select chicken at a market in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 8, 2009. Experts have begun to inspect the poultry in Beijing, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province in north China  after a 19-year-old woman died from bird flu virus in Beijing on Monday. No epidemic outbreak  has been reported in northern China at present.  (Xinhua/Liu Haifeng)

This is the market where the woman bought ducks before she fell ill.

The poultry section is closed for disinfection and 15 poultry sellers have been quarantined.

Hong Jiang, government spokesman of Sanhe City, Hebei province, said, "We have checked the 15 poultry sellers in the market and no one was confirmed ill. But we still have persuaded them to stay at home for observation."

Meanwhile, more than 2,500 people with fevers are under close observation.