New Taipei on high alert for H5 avian flu outbreaks

New Taipei, the municipality that consumes the most chickens in Taiwan, is on high alert after a slaughterhouse in the city reported highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 infections in chickens on three of its nine slaughter lines.

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