Avian flu has been reported in Japan's Kochi prefecture (Shikoku Island).According to NHK, this is the 11th region in the country where the disease has been detected in the last month.
Since the beginning of the week, 40 chickens have died at one of the poultry farms in Kochi.Sanitary experts arrived at the scene and confirmed the presence of bird flu. As a result, 32,000 birds will be destroyed on the farm and quarantine will be declared in the surrounding area.At the same time, another 29,000 birds are planned to be killed in neighboring Kagawa prefecture, where the flu began to spread a month ago.Bird flu was detected in Japan in early November. More than 2.7 million chickens have already been killed in the country.