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Should We Be Worried about China’s H5N1 Outbreak?

Prof Dr Latiffah Hassan, Professor in Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia

06-Feb-20 14:00

Should We Be Worried about China’s H5N1 Outbreak?

China has reported an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu in a poultry farm in the southern province of Hunan. Amid the 2019-nCoV global health emergency, people are worried about what the avian flu outbreak could potentially lead to.

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