Once again, deadly bird-flu has stroke Japan as tests have confirmed that the virulent H5N1 virus has erupted in a poultry farm in southern Japan.
According to a statement, issued by the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, a state laboratory analyzed samples from 3,000 chickens that died at a farm in Hyuga in Miyazaki state, Japan’s main chicken-producing region, and found the birds had been infected with H5N1.
If we look back at the series of bird-flu outbreak then we find that some times before in the same month some 4,000 chickens were found dead from H5N1 in another town in Miyazaki, which is about 560 miles southwest of Tokyo.
We should not forget that in the in the bygone year too many countries, especially in Asia had faced the wrath of deadly bird-flu virus and now its reemergence points to a serious threat lying ahead.
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Via: DFW