Local officials in Hunan province culled a further 2,067 birds after the latest bird flu outbreak at a goose farm, which killed geese. File photo: Reuters
Local officials in Hunan province culled a further 2,067 birds after the latest bird flu outbreak at a goose farm, which killed geese. File photo: Reuters
H7N9 virus
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China’s fifth bird flu outbreak hits goose farm in Hunan province

Outbreak which killed 1,054 birds in Yuanjiang, a city of more than 700,000 people, confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus

Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Local officials in Hunan province culled a further 2,067 birds after the latest bird flu outbreak at a goose farm, which killed geese. File photo: Reuters
Local officials in Hunan province culled a further 2,067 birds after the latest bird flu outbreak at a goose farm, which killed geese. File photo: Reuters
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