# 5284
The spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus among poultry in Japan continues, with chickens testing positive yesterday in a fifth prefecture – Oita – for the virus.
Reportedly 8,100 chickens have been culled and
access and movement of poultry is restricted within a 10-kilometer radius of the infected farm.
Makoto on FluTrackers, along with Shiloh, have a number of news reports on this latest outbreak available on this thread.
