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The deadly bird flu variant H5N1 first emerged in China in 1996. Over the past four years, however, it has spread more widely than ever before, reaching previously untouched regions such as penguin haven Antarctica.
More than 300 million poultry birds have been killed or culled since October 2021, while 315 different species of wild birds have died across 79 countries, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. Mammals that ate the infected birds, such as seals, have also experienced mass die-offs.
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