SUDAN: Finds 1 man, 5 chickens with bird flu virus
CAIRO - Sudan has found one man and five chickens infected with the bird flu virus, an official from the Health Ministry told Reuters on Tuesday.
Head of the epidemics department, Magdi Salih, said tests carried out by Sudanese authorities on the man and the chickens had proved positive for bird flu, but he did not say if the virus was the deadly H5N1 strain.
The infected chickens were found at two farms in Sudan’s Khartoum and Jazeera provinces and he added that the infected man was the owner of one of the farms. Samples would be sent abroad for further tests, he said.
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