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Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Tibet (Moldova.org)
The Chinese government has confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in Tibet.Officials said 132 poultry have died from the virus and another 7,698 were culled in a village outside Lhasa in the outbreak that began Feb. 6, Xinhua said Wednesday. It is the second outbreak in Tibet this year.The National Bird Flu Reference Laboratory said the virus was a subtype of the H5N1 strain.An outbreak in Tibet's ...