Brazil’s agriculture ministry has extended a national health emergency for another 180 days due to more detections of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus in wild birds, according to a statement on Tuesday.
The highly infections virus has not yet reached commercial flocks, meaning Brazil’s status as an avian influenza-free country before the World Organization for Animal Health remains, the statement added.
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