Latest bird flu outbreak stamped out By (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-10-27 06:56
Chinese health workers inspect a village where
a bird flu outbreak was reported in Xiangtan, Central China's
Hunan Province Wednesday October 26, 2005. The third case of the fatal
avian influenza in China in a week killed 545 ducks and chickens. Local
authorities have culled 2,487 domestic birds within a 3-kilometre radius
of the outbreak site, and vaccinated 43,750 others in the vicinity.
[Xinhua]
A health worker disinfects a vehicle coming
into the Shebu Township where a bird flu outbreak was reported in
Xiangtan, Central China's Hunan Province Wednesday October 26, 2005. The
third case of the fatal avian influenza in China reported in a week killed
545 ducks and chickens. Local authorities have culled 2,487 domestic birds
within a 3-kilometre radius of the outbreak site, and vaccinated 43,750
others in the vicinity. [Xinhua]
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