26.01.2011

Myanmar has been recently struck with Avian Influenza for the fifth time since 2006, it was today reported.
Following confirmation that birds had been infected with the H5N1 virus, 52,000 chickens and 1,000 ducks were culled in the states Bumay-village tract in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
Investigations are underway to determine whether it was caused by the import of birds into the area, or migratory birds.