Pakistan reports second outbreak of bird flu

Pakistan’s second outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was confirmed today at a poultry farm near the capital, the agriculture ministry said.

Laboratory tests conducted by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock on samples from the small poultry farm in Sihala, a village about 15 miles east of Islamabad, confirmed the H5N1 strain, said Mohammed Afzal, ministry spokesman.