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Kathmandu Valley
Coverage of Kathmandu Valley in the Nexus archive.
- Nepal’s bird flu outbreak spreads, breeding pandemic mutation fears
Nepal has culled over 600,000 birds and destroyed 1 million eggs as an H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to Kathmandu Valley, shutting the capital’s only zoo and raising fears of human transmission due to potential mutation. The outbreak began in eastern Nepal in March and reached the densely populated valley by mid-June, increasing human exposure risks.