False bird-flu reports lead to slaughter in Zambia
15 February 2006 06:06

Hundreds of villagers in southern Zambia have slaughtered their chickens and goats in the wake of false reports of the presence of the deadly bird flu having reached the country, news reports said on Wednesday.

Chieftain Chiawa, of the Goba people in lower Zambezi, confirmed that her people had slaughtered all their poultry and goats after hearing of an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus that can transfer to humans in Zambia.