China confirms two more bird flu outbreaks (Feb.17)

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China confirms two more bird flu outbreaks (Feb.17)

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Two suspected cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu have been confirmed in Shaodong County and Heshan District of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province, bythe National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, the Ministry of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

The local government had taken measures against the disease by culling poultry in the affected areas and imposing prompt quarantine restrictions, said the ministry.

No new suspected cases were reported to the ministry on Tuesday.

To date, the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed in 15 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions on the Chinese mainland.

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