Bird flu ‘spreading fast’ in Nigeria

A NIGERIAN official has warned that bird flu was fast spreading in the country, and a UN expert said the strain may have surfaced in a second African country.

The H5N1 strain was first confirmed in Africa last week in fowl on a large commercial farm near Jaji, in Kaduna state.

Since then it has been confirmed in two other northern states in Africa’s most populous country and suspected in five, raising concern Nigeria is not taking the necessary measures to combat the disease.