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BIRD FLU VIRUS DETECTED IN BUDAPEST, SE HUNGARY

 

National food safety authority Nébih has confirmed the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus at an animal shelter in Budapest and at a duck farm in Békés County, in the south-east, the authority said on its website on Friday. According to Nébih, the birds in Békés had not showed any symptoms and the virus was detected through a routine check before culling. At the Budapest shelter, samples were taken after birds suddenly died at the facility, the authority added. Restrictions and mandatory examinations are in place in Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád-Csanád counties, and poultry must be tested before transport nationwide, Nébih noted.