H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed In Japan
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Tests confirmed that an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in southern Japan was caused by the virulent H5N1 virus, the Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday.
A state laboratory analyzed samples from 3,000 chickens that died at a farm in Hyuga in Miyazaki prefecture (state), Japan's main chicken-producing region, and found the birds had been infected with H5N1, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in a statement.
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Japan has confirmed only one human H5N1 infection, and no human deaths.
The bird flu virus remains hard for humans to catch, but international experts fear it may mutate into a form that could spread easily among humans and possibly kill millions around the world.
[Source: The Hindu News]
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