Second case of deadly bird flu confirmed in UK

LONDON: A second case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been discovered in eastern England, the government said Monday.

The case was found among about 9,000 turkeys that had just been culled at a farm on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk counties, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said.

The farm was one of several with turkeys, ducks and geese where culls were taking place because of fears of "dangerous contact" with the farm in the area where an initial case of H5NI was discovered last week, the department said.

All the farms where the culling was taking place are connected to the Gressingham Foods company, and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was investigating whether H5N1 had spread between them.

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