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While it's likely that Ghana has had avian flu inside their borders for some time, this is the first official confirmation. Neighboring countries, like Cote De' Ivoire, and Burkina Faso have previously reported outbreaks.
First H5N1 case in Ghana confirmed in poultry-WHO
Wed 2 May 2007, 15:38 GMT
ACCRA, May 2 (Reuters) - Ghana's first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed by local laboratories and a U.S. naval laboratory in Egypt, a World Health Organisation official said on Wednesday.
Some 1,600 birds had already been incinerated at the infected chicken farm 20 km (13 miles) east of the capital Accra near the port of Tema, Dr Harry Opata, WHO disease prevention and control officer, told Reuters.
