Taiwan bans poultry imports from U.K. over bird flu fears

Taiwan has removed the United Kingdom from its list of countries free from the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and banned live poultry imports from the country after an outbreak was confirmed at a British poultry farm, the Council of Agriculture said Wednesday.

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