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Some 150,000 Dutch chickens will be killed following an outbreak of bird flu (Photo: Notat)

EU to take measures after bird flu outbreak in Netherlands

The European Commission is expected to take measures on Monday (17 November) to contain an outbreak of bird flu in the Netherlands.

A commission spokesperson told Reuters that the EU's governing body will probably adopt “a decision with urgent interim protective measures in relation to this outbreak”.

The statement comes after Dutch authorities on Saturday discovered an outbreak of...

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Some 150,000 Dutch chickens will be killed following an outbreak of bird flu (Photo: Notat)

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