Ivory coast reports bird flu cases (Africa)

Ivory Coast has reported its first cases of H5N1 bird flu, in both domestic poultry and in wild birds, the World Organisation for Animal Health said today.

The Paris-based agency said Ivory Coast informed it yesterday. The bird flu cases were reported in the commercial capital, Abidjan, in backyard free-range chickens, ducks and a sparrowhawk, according to a statement from the agency, known by the initials OIE.

Ivory Coast becomes the sixth African nation to report cases of the deadly H5N1 virus, after Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt and Niger, said OIE spokeswoman Maria Zampaglione.

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