France: Outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in Corsica
Disease found in shop's pet section, all birds have been euthanised
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Paris: France has detected a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu in the pet section of a shop in one of Corsica’s main cities, the farm ministry said on Monday, in a latest outbreak of the disease in Europe in recent weeks.
In a statement, the ministry said all the birds in the shop have been euthanised, adding that the whole of France would be put on high alert level as of Tuesday.