I.Coast detects first bird flu cases since 2015

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — Ivory Coast has detected its first cases since 2015 of the H5N1 bird flu in poultry farms, the government said Thursday. “Since July 20, high death rates among poultry were spotted in traditional and modern poultry firms in Mondoukou” east of the country’s economic hub Abidjan, Livestock and Fisheries Minister Sidi Tiemoko Toure said in a statement. He added that “laboratory analysis confirmed the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus”. […]