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Japan culling 210,000 birds amid spreading avian flu
AFP, Published on 18/12/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has begun slaughtering about 210,000 farm birds in northern Hokkaido to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, an official said on Sunday.
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Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
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US egg prices soar as avian flu batters poultry industry
AFP, Published on 23/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - US farmers have been forced to kill almost 40 million chickens and other birds, causing egg prices to soar as a deadly version of the avian flu attacks the poultry industry.
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Japan culling 230,000 more birds to stop avian flu
AFP, Published on 01/12/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said.
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Japan culling 330,000 poultry to fight avian flu
AFP, Published on 29/11/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has begun slaughtering more than 330,000 farm birds to contain its first outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu in nearly two years, the government said Tuesday.
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Taiwan looks to first vaccine against fatal H7N9 avian flu
AFP, Published on 15/10/2013
» Taiwan is scheduled to roll out its first vaccine against the H7N9 strain of avian flu in late 2014, after the island confirmed the first outbreak of the deadly virus earlier this year, researchers said Monday.
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More birds culled as Taiwan battles worst avian flu in 10 years
AFP, Published on 14/01/2015
» TAIPEI - A major outbreak of avian flu in Taiwan has spread to 19 more farms with a total of 160,000 birds slaughtered in the island's worst bout of the disease in a decade, authorities said Wednesday.
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New avian flu strain kills two in China, one critical
AFP, Published on 31/03/2013
» Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza -- a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans -- the government said Sunday.
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New avian flu strain kills two in China, one critical
AFP, Published on 31/03/2013
» Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza -- a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans -- the government said Sunday.
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Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.
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