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Exactly two months ago South Africa reported their first ever outbreak of HPAI H5N8 in a large poultry operation in Mpumalanga Province (see OIE: South Africa Reports Outbreak Of HPAI H5N8). For the first 6 weeks reports were clustered in Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces, in the north-east part of the country.
Ten days ago we saw the first reports of H5N8 detected in South Africa's Western Cape Province, signalling a wider spread of the virus.Today's OIE report adds a 4th province to the affected list, with an outbreak reported at a commercial poultry farm in coastal KwaZulu-Natal province. Another new outbreak is also reported in what appears to be a small holding in hard hit Mpumalanga Province.
This brings South Africa's tally to 14 outbreaks in poultry, and 5 detections in wild birds.
