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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (14): Iraq (SD) poultry, HPAI H5N8

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- IraqA bird flu outbreak has been detected in Iraq's Salahudin [Salah ad-Din] province, authorities said, adding that all protective measures have been taken to contain the spread of the virus."The laboratory tests proved that poultry in Samarra city, some 120 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, was infected with bird flu," Ammar Khalil, governor of the province, said in a statement on Friday [15 Jan 2021].Khalil said that about 60 000 chickens were infected with bird flu Read more [...]