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Nepal battles severe bird flu outbreak, raising mutation fears

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Nepal is experiencing its most severe bird flu outbreak in years, leading to the culling of 600,000 birds. The H5N1 virus has spread rapidly through Kathmandu and surrounding districts, impacting poultry farms and raising concerns about potential human transmission. Authorities are working to contain the outbreak, with crows identified as a vector for the disease's spread within the region. AI

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Nepal battles severe bird flu outbreak, raising mutation fears

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bibek Bhandari ·

    Nepal’s bird flu outbreak spreads, breeding pandemic mutation fears

    Nepal has culled more than 600,000 birds and destroyed around 1 million eggs as an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu spreads across the Kathmandu Valley, shutting the capital’s only zoo and raising fears among scientists over the virus’ potential to mutate into a form transmissible betwe…

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