China Reports Bird Flu Outbreak in Hunan Province, 18,000 Chickens Killed

China Reports Bird Flu Outbreak in Hunan Province, 18,000 Chickens Killed
A nurse prepares medicine for a bird flu patient in a hospital in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province on Feb. 12, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A city in China’s central Hunan province said it killed thousands of chickens following an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, according to the Chinese regime.

The country’s ministry of agriculture said Saturday that 18,000 chickens were culled in Shaoyang, Hunan Province. But that came after some 4,500 chickens were sickened and died, amounting to more than half the flock on the farm at the source of the outbreak.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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