Category H5N6 Virus

3,300 birds killed due to avian flu in Nam Dinh, Vietnam

Nam Dinh Province in northern Vietnam has announced an outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus H5N6 at two communes.   A statement from the province, which is around 90 kilometers from Hanoi, said it has culled more than…

H5N6 bird flu reported in NE China

Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province has reported an outbreak of the H5N6 bird flu virus in poultry, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Monday. Over 20,000 geese at a farm in Harbin, the provincial capital, showed symptoms of avian flu and…