Second Case of H5N1 Confirmed in Slovenia

Ljubljana, 24 February - The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the second case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus in Slovenia, this time on a grey heron. The bird was found at Duplek, east of Maribor and a few kilometres downriver from where the first case - that of a swan - had been confirmed.

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