Bird flu continues to spread in Germany after authorities identified new cases in two more duck farms, local reports said Friday.
German authorities have ordered to kill 205,000 ducks after bird flu was found on two duck farms near the town of Nittenau in the southern state of Bavaria, said German news agency DPA.
"Clear evidence" of the bird flu virus was found, said the report, citing German health officials.
Two weeks ago, dead ducks from the farm in Wachenroth in Bavaria's Erlangen-Hoechstadt area have been tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus strain, which experts fear may transfer to humans.
Several cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in wild birds has been identified in the German states of Bavaria and Sachsen in June.
According to the World Health Organization, 195 people globaly, mostly in Asia, have died from the H5N1 virus.
Source: Xinhua
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