Rivers State Government has confirmed the
outbreak of Avian flu disease in the state.
Director of Public Health Services in the
Ministry of Health, Dr. Nnanna Onyekwere, who confirmed the development to
newsmen, said two farms in Choba, Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state
have already been affected.
Similarly, Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry, Mr. Domiari Harry, has appealed to operators of poultry houses in the
state to draw the attention of the ministry to strange happenings around their
birds.
He said the state government was already
working to stem the spread of the disease.
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