China reports bird flu outbreak
- Published: 3 Jul 2012 at 10.48
- Online news:
Authorities in China's remote northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu, officials said.
This file photo shows chickens at a farm on the outskirts of Beijing, in 2010. Authorities in China's remote northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu, according to officials.
The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu initially killed 1,600 chickens and sickened about 5,500, the agriculture ministry said late Monday.
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