June 6, 2022

Iraq confirms outbreak of bird flu which kills 24,060 birds at farm

Iraq has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a farm southeast of Baghdad.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) announced this development on June 3.

The outbreak last month at the poultry farm in the province of Wasit killed 24,060 birds out of a flock of 158,000, OIE said, citing a report from its Iraqi delegate.

- Reuters