Describe the appropriate short-term and long-term public health actions that should be taken by the government to prevent the spread of avian influenza in Hong Kong.

Routine surveillance by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has detected the presence of low pathogenic avian influenza A (H7N9) in a chicken cloacal sample from the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Hong Kong. No sick or dead chickens have yet been identified at the market or in any of the local or registered mainland farms […]