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China hit by second disease outbreak as thousands of chickens wiped out

China is now dealing with an outbreak of bird flu after failing to contain the SARS-like coronavirus, which has killed 259 people.

At least 4,500 chickens have been killed by a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 avian influenza - which can spread to humans - at a farm in Shaoyang in the southern province of Hunan.

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