New Outbreak of Bird Flu Hits Nigeria

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases

New Outbreak of Bird Flu Hits Nigeria*

The Associated Press
Friday, January 12, 2007; 11:12 AM

LAGOS, Nigeria -- A new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has hit Nigeria, and
one new state has reported its first cases in birds after months without
any known infections in Africa's most-populous nation, officials said
Friday.

Sokoto state in Nigeria's far north had its first cases along with a
nearby state that reported re-infection, said Junaid Maina, the head of
Nigeria's livestock department. The last known infection was in September.