Here’s a wake-up call for this Himalayan nation.
A Cabinet meeting headed by PM Prachanda said that Nepal has detected its first bird flu case of the season.
While speaking on this, Nepal’s agriculture Minister, Jai Prakash Prasad Gupta stated, “The virus has been found in chicken and ducks. We have confirmed it is H5N1 virus.”
The minister informed the media persons that the deadly H5N1 bird flu was reported in poultry from the southeast Nepal town of Kakarvitta, bordering India.