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Date: 2016/12/23

Two chickens at a Taipei slaughterhouse have been confirmed as having been infected with the new H5

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subtype of the avian influenza virus, CNA reports. The cases were confirmed yesterday after veterinarians reported the cases, and the authorities have ordered the disinfection of the poultry slaughterhouse. Seventy slaughtered chickens have been frozen and will be disposed of today.

The avian influenza virus spread into Taiwan in 2004, but Taiwanese government officials covered up the situation, which led to the virus mutating into a new strain and a large-scale outbreak in 2010. Freelance journalist Kevin H.J. Lee exposed the cover up in his 2011 film documentary “A Secret That Can’t Be Exposed.”  [SOURCE]