The authorities have culled and disposed of 17,828 chickens following the outbreak, which was confirmed by Beijing's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Saturday. The farm where the outbreak occurred had 7,850 chickens, said officials, who have sealed off and sterilised the affected area. People cam become infected by having close contact with infected live or dead birds, or H5N1-contaminated environments. Shaoyang is about 350 miles from the central city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began late last month. Inside China, Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, was under a virtual quarantine, with roads sealed off and public transport shut down.

Source: Daily Mirror February 01, 2020 17:31 UTC