Avian Influenza H5N1 — Senegal
Some 750 pelicans found dead in a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Senegal last week [18 – 24 Jan 2021] have tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, the head of the parks authority told Reuters on [Fri 29 Jan 2021]. Rangers found the pelicans on [23 Jan 2021] in the Djoudj bird sanctuary, a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and a resting place for birds that cross the Sahara Desert into West Africa each year. The birds were incinerated and the park is closed, said Bocar
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