Bird flu deaths soar to near-record high: 47million have been culled this year - amid fears virus could jump to people
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
- Millions of birds have either died from bird flu or been culled in the US this year
- The 47million deaths among birds makes it the second most deadly outbreak
- Just over 50million birds were killed or culled during a 2015 outbreak
- Some experts fear that an outbreak to this level will spillover into humans