The Associated Press
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — Avian flu has reached Clallam County, and agriculture workers have destroyed all of the infected ducks, chickens and geese.
It's the fourth county in Washington to be hit by the H5N2 bird flu.
This strain of flu is not harmful to humans, but it's contagious and deadly to birds. Officials plan to impose a ban on the movement of eggs in a 6-mile radius of the infection area. Once that's in place, inspectors will search for sick or dead birds, according to the Peninsula Daily News
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