S.A Food Crisis: South Africa Says Avian Flu Outbreak Under Control

South Africa’s worst bird flu outbreak is now under control and egg supplies are improving, the department of agriculture said on Wednesday.

The country has been battling an outbreak of a high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, since April.

According to the South African Poultry Association, bout six million egg layers and 2.5 million breeder chickens, nearly a third of the national flock, have been culled due to the bird flu.

This has led to a shortage of eggs and fears of poultry meat shortages heading into the festive season.

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