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Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-12-21

Local authorities in rural Egypt have declared a state of emergency after detecting two outbreaks of bird flu.Nagy Awad, head of the veterinary agency in the southwestern province of al-Wadi al-Gedid, said Sunday that avian influenza was detected in two poultry farms in the villages of Ezab el-Qasr and Oweina in the Dakhla Oasis, located over 750 kilometers (470 miles) from the capital, Cairo.

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