Beijing reported an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on Monday, which was detected in the Old Summer Palace in the city’s Haidian district, and has caused the deaths of three wild birds and three others have contracted the virus, according to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.
This was the third place to report this highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in wild swans in China over the last three months, following North China’s Shanxi, which reported an outbreak in November, and East China’s Shandong Province, which reported an outbreak on January 19.
Disinfectant work has been conducted in the nearby environment, the authority said. And all the dead animals have been handled properly.
The H5N8 bird flu is not known to have ever infected humans, according to media reports.
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