Hundreds of veterinary workers in West Bengal will begin killing up to 15,000 chickens and ducks on Tuesday as authorities tried to contain the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.
State officials confirmed the outbreak late on Monday after tests on dead birds. Hundreds of thousands of poultry are already being culled in northeastern Assam and neighbouring Meghalaya.
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