Japan's Miyazaki Prefectural government has redoubled its efforts to combat an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus. The virus has now been found at two poultry farms in the area.
The alarm was raised after dozens of birds were found dead at a farm over the weekend. A genetic test later confirmed the presence of H5N1. 410 thousand chickens have already been slaughtered, and more culling is expected. The government has imposed restrictions on the transfer of chickens and eggs, within a radius of 10 kilometers from the farm.
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