Authorities in Nepal on Monday destroyed hundreds of chickens and eggs after an outbreak of bird flu hit the country's capital Kathmandu, according to a government official.
Government officials said that the birds were culled after the H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected at a poultry farm on the outskirts of Kathmandu. The virus was detected in Kathmandu for the first time in December 2011, and it was also detected in southeastern Nepal in February.
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