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Bird flu outbreak reported in Lhasa

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-20 08:07

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China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) confirmed Sunday a new outbreak of bird flu in Lhasa, southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region.

The national bird flu laboratory confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in poultry sold at a poultry wholesale market in Chengguan District of Lhasa on April 12.

Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the MOA said in a brief notice, and 1,679 fowl were culled after the outbreak.

According to the local health department, no abnormalities were found among people in contact with the poultry, the ministry said.