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Bird flu breaks out in Nigeria (Daily Dispatch)
NIGERIAN authorities have reported a fresh outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the northern states of Katsina and Kano. The virus was confirmed through tests on affected birds on a poultry farm in Kano State and it has killed 4249 birds, the official NAN news agency said yesterday.