South Africa launches bird flu vaccination, new reports of two outbreaks.

The South African government recently announced the launch of the country's first high-pathogenic avian influenza vaccination to prevent and control avian influenza outbreaks. According to local media reports on the 3rd, two poultry farms in South Africa detected avian influenza viruses. The World Organisation for Animal Health reported that two poultry farms in the North West Province and Mpumalanga Province of South Africa recently detected H5N1 high-pathogenic avian influenza viruses. The affected farms have culled a large number of poultry to contain the spread of the epidemic.