Bird flu outbreak reported in Lhasa

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

The national bird flu laboratory said the H5N1 virus was found in poultry sold at a wholesale market in Chengguan district of Lhasa on April 12.

Emergency measures have been taken and the epidemic has been brought under control, the ministry said in a brief notice, and 1,679 fowl were culled after the outbreak.