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Avian flu: Hundreds of birds culled at Kent farm – BBC News
A restricted zone has been placed around the farm in Kent “to prevent the disease spreading”.
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image captionA full investigation is under way to find the source of the infection
Hundreds of birds are to be culled at a farm in Kent where an outbreak of avian influenza of the H5N2 strain has been detected.
A 1km restricted zone has been placed around the premises near Deal “to prevent the disease spreading”.
Public Health England (PHE) said the risk to the UK population was “very low” but it was “looking for evidence of spread to control and eliminate it”.
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