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Nepal’s bird flu outbreak spreads, breeding pandemic mutation fears

South China Morning Post
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Nepal’s bird flu outbreak spreads, breeding pandemic mutation fears
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Nepal has culled more than 600,000 birds and destroyed around 1 million eggs as an H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads across the Kathmandu Valley, shutting the capital’s only zoo and raising fears among scientists over the virus’ potential to mutate into a form transmissible between humans.
The outbreak began in eastern Nepal in March before reaching the densely populated valley around mid-June – a development that health experts say raises the risk of human exposure. More than 60 poultry farms...

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