The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has banned the import of domestic and wild birds and poultry products from Hungary and Slovakia due to a bird flu outbreak. Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment has banned the import of domestic and wild birds and poultry products from Hungary and Slovakia due to a bird flu outbreak. Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP

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Nick Webster
Nick Webster

January 15, 2020