Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon Announces End of Bird Flu Outbreak

Fox News Latino, 10/24/2012

President Felipe Calderón announced Wednesday that an outbreak of the H7N3 bird flu virus in western Mexico has been “totally controlled” after 68 days with no reports on new cases.

According to Calderón, more than 22 million hens were slaughtered throughout the country since July, when the Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency.

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