Japan spots bird flu
January 27th, 2007
An avian influenza bird flu was reported at a poultry farm in the southwestern part of Japan. So far there have been no reported cases of infections to humans, but local officials have already began preparations to cull all the 50,000 birds located on the farm. A similar number of birds will be culled at a farm nearby. Early tests had revealed that the birds were infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 variant of the bird flu virus.