Russia announced on Saturday that it had identified the first cases of H5N8 avian influenza in humans, according to multiple reports. The country’s public health chief Anna Popova said in a televised comment that seven cases had been found among workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia. Bloomberg News …
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By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
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By Aaron Sheldrick, Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak has spread to new farms and now affects more than 20% of the country’s pre-47 prefectures, officials have ordered clearing after more poultry deaths. File photo: Officers in protective uniforms work on a chicken farm, where an …
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