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 | Health workers in Yongzhou city, Central China's Hunan Province, on November 2, 2005 to test local health workers' emergency handling ability. A bird flu outbreak was reported in the province's Xiangtan city last month. It was immediately brought under control.  click to open  |  | Health workers in Yongzhou city, Central China's Hunan Province, disinfects chicken coop in a drill Wednesday November 2, 2005 to test their emergency response ability. A bird flu outbreak was reported in the province's Xiangtan city last month. It was immediately brought under control. click to open |  | Health workers in Yongzhou city, Central China's Hunan Province, vaccinates the "infected chickens" in a drill Wednesday November 2, 2005 to test their emergency response ability. A bird flu outbreak was reported in the province's Xiangtan city last month. It was immediately brought under control. click to open |  | Health workers in Yongzhou city, Central China's Hunan Province, bury dead chickens "killed by bird flu" in a drill Wednesday November 2, 2005 to test their emergency response ability. A bird flu outbreak was reported in the province's Xiangtan city last month. It was immediately brought under control. click to open |  | A Chinese slaughterhouse worker wearing a protective mask, gloves and outfits prepare to slaughter chickens at a poultry wholesale market in a Beijing suburb Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. Poultry sales in Beijing and Shanghai have plummeted by up to 80 percent amid rising public anxiety after three bird flu outbreaks in Chinese flocks, a newspaper reported Saturday. The government has tried to reassure the Chinese public that it can stop the disease. China has reported no human cases, but health officials warned Friday that one was inevitable unless China prevented future outbreaks in birds. click to open |  | A Chinese slaughterhouse worker at a poultry wholesale market hoses down chicken cages in a Beijing suburb Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. Poultry sales in Beijing and Shanghai have plummeted by up to 80 percent amid rising public anxiety after three bird flu outbreaks in Chinese flocks, a newspaper reported Saturday. The government has tried to reassure the Chinese public that it can stop the disease. China has reported no human cases, but health officials warned Friday that one was inevitable unless China prevented future outbreaks in birds. click to open |  | A Chinese man sits amid the city's hustle and bustle next to his birds perched on his bicycle in Beijing, China, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. 'Prevention and control of bird outbreaks is of chief importance. If we fail to do that well, then sooner or later there will be transmission from birds to humans,' Jia Youling, China's chief veterinary officer said at a news conference shown live on national television. Jia also warned that the huge numbers of wild birds migrating through China in coming weeks made it unrealistic to believe that the country could 'absolutely eliminate' the virus. click to open |  | A Chinese health inspector disinfects a bus at a bird flu-hit area in Xiangtan, central China's Hunan province, October 27, 2005. click to open |  | A Chinese health inspector disinfects a truck at a bird flu-hit area in Xiangtan, central China's Hunan province, October 27, 2005. click to open |  | A government official walks past a chicken stall at a live bird market in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. China insisted Thursday that it was doing all that it can to prevent the spread of bird flu as authorities investigated reports that a 12-year-old girl died after coming in contact with sick chickens. China has reported three bird flu cases in chickens, ducks and geese in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, in Anhui province in the east and central China's Hunan province. click to open |
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