According to Japan's Kyodo News and other Japanese media reports, on the 20th local time, Japan's Okayama Prefecture said that a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza that occurred on a farm in Tsuyama City in the prefecture was confirmed positive through genetic testing. Approximately 430,000 laying hens raised on this farm will be culled. Okayama Prefecture said that on the morning of the 19th local time, the farm reported that “a number of chickens died.” Seven dead chickens tested positive after the local authorities carried out simple tests for the bird flu virus.

According to Japan's Kyodo News and other Japanese media reports, on the 20th local time, Japan's Okayama Prefecture said that a suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza that occurred on a farm in Tsuyama City in the prefecture was confirmed positive through genetic testing. Approximately 430,000 laying hens raised on this farm will be culled. Okayama Prefecture said that on the morning of the 19th local time, the farm reported that “a number of chickens died.” Seven dead chickens tested positive after the local authorities carried out simple tests for the bird flu virus.