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Elsewhere, more H5N8 avian flu has been detected in Poland and Australia.

In other developments, Nepal reported its second H5N1 outbreak of the year, France continues battling several strains, and H5N8 triggered more European outbreaks.

The virus caused an outbreak in early February, but it was originally mistakenly reported as H5N8.

Officials note new H5N1 outbreaks in India, Laos, Niger, and Vietnam.

H5N5 struck wild birds wintering at a Czech Republic zoo, as H5N8 was detected in an outbreak at a peacock farm in Cameroon, the third African country to report the virus.