Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record spreads to 10th prefecture
Japan's worst bird flu outbreak on record has spread to new farms and now affects over 20% of the country's 47 prefectures. The government said that around 11,000 birds will be slaughtered and buried after avian influenza was discovered at an egg farm in Higashiomi city in Shiga prefecture. Around 30 lakh birds have been culled in Japan so far.