An official with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department holds a live chicken to collect samples for testing at the Man Kam To control point at the border crossing with mainland China in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Authorities in China confirmed 5 more infections caused by the H7N9 flu strain yesterday, and said the virus was found in 14 chicken and duck samples taken from poultry markets in eastern China. Hong Kong’s health department is "closely monitoring the situation and will continue to maintain close liaison" with mainland health authorities, the government said yesterday in a statement. Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg via Getty Images