South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the ...

With winter here, South Africa faces a rise in flu cases. This article explores the influenza virus, its symptoms, and effective prevention strategies, including vaccination and home remedies.

South Africa has commenced its first-ever poultry vaccination campaign, a move expected to play a key role in minimizing the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks.

Astral Foods Ltd., one of South Africa’s biggest poultry producers by revenue, will start vaccinating chickens against bird ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo. These are the first confirmed cases since the devastating outbreak in ...

South Africa reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu on a farm in the eastern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday ...

H5N1 bird flu strain spreading to other mammals across U.S. 03:19 Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two ...

The outbreaks hit an industry struggling from an electricity crisis. One expert said three recent bird flu outbreaks have caused losses of at least $25 million to South Africa's poultry industry.

An outbreak of avian flu – a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry – has hit poultry farms in South Africa.Two different strains are causing outbreaks in ...

Two bird flu outbreaks have been reported in South Africa, according to the WOAH. The bird flu strain that was detected was H7, a strain that has killed hundreds of millions of birds.

The winter months are synonymous with the flu in South Africa. Similar to other countries in the southern hemisphere, South Africa has an annual influenza season stretching from April to August ...

PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal ...