A live poultry vendor recieves free influenza vaccination injection at a clinic in Hong Kong February 2, 2004. About 6,000 chicken and pigeon farmers and workers at poultry markets begin to receive the free vaccinations although the territory has not been hit by bird flu. Hong Kong ordered traders to suspend imports of live chickens as fears grow over the deadly virus spreading through the region.  [newsphoto]

A student has his temperature checked for symptoms of the deadly bird flu virus at Hua Ren Middle School in Hong Kong February 2, 2004. [newsphoto]

Workers clean the "bird garden", a street selling pet birds in Hong Kong February 3, 2004. The death toll of victims from bird flu rose to twelve on Monday in Asia. [Reuters] Ou Guangyuan, deputy Party Secretary of South China's Guangdong Province, dines at a chicken restaurant in Guangzhou on February 3, 2004 to boost confidence with bird flu virus-free chicken food. Ou said poultry and chicken products on Guangdong market are safe and people should not overreact to bird flu. Poultry sales has dropped sharply since after China's first bird flu case was discovered in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on January 27. [southcn]

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