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 ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in two more Nigerian states, the Agriculture Ministry said Thursday, a day after the country reported the first known outbreak of the virus in Africa.
Nigeria quarantined bird farms throughout its north and neighboring countries banned poultry imports to try to halt the march of the virus on a poor continent little prepared to cope with an outbreak of the disease.
The head of the World Health Organization warned that health services across the region should be on high alert.
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