ASTANA (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu in Kazakhstan has been confirmed to be the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus that is dangerous to humans, Kazakhstan's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry, which first reported an outbreak of avian influenza on Aug. 4, added that a quarantine was in place in the affected area near the village of Golubovka in northern Kazakhstan's Pavlodar region.
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