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Japanese Cabinet Secretary General Katsunobu Kato said that the avian flu outbreak detected in Japan in November 2020 was the largest in terms of the number of detected foci of infection in the country's history.
It is reported by NHK.
“The outbreaks of the current outbreak of avian influenza have been identified in 36 poultry farms in 15 prefectures, this figure has become the largest in history,” he said.
He also added that the outbreak has also led to the elimination of a record number of farm birds in Japan.
Earlier it was reported that more than 60 foci of the avian influenza virus were identified in France.
