Nepal reports outbreak of avian influenza
05 February 2010
Nepal has reported an outbreak of avian influenza in the country.
Six samples collected from a poultry farm in the western district of Pokhara tested positive to the H5N1 virus.
The samples were sent to London's Weybridge Laboratory for confirmation after they tested positive in Nepal.
Health authorities collected the samples after about 100 chicken and 38 ducks in a farm in Ghoripatan died in January.
About 10,000 chicken, ducks and other birds in the area could be killed to prevent the spread of the disease.