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China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

Sunday, February 02, 2020, 16:52 GMT+7
China reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province
A security personnel guards the entrance to an isolation ward where a patient, who is suspected to have the H1N1 flu, is staying, at a hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province May 18, 2009. File photo: Reuters

China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Saturday.

The case occurred on a farm with 7,850 chickens, 4,500 of which have died of the bird flu.

The authorities have culled 17,828 poultry following the outbreak.

Reuters

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