Japan bird flu outbreak spreads to farm in fourth prefecture

Japan's last outbreak of bird flu was in January 2018, also in Kagawa prefecture, when 91,000 chickens were culled - AFP

TOKYO (Reuters): Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday (Dec 1) as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the country's worst outbreak in more than four years.

Avian influenza was discovered at an poultry farm in Hyuga city in Miyazaki prefecture on Honshu island in south-western Japan, the ministry said on its website.