Mizos shun pork as 1,000 pigs hit by swine flue

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Mizos shun pork as 1,000 pigs hit by swine flue [1]

AIZAWL, Aug 10: Many families in Mizoram were saying no to pork in their Sunday morning meals since 1,000 pigs have died of swine flu so far.
Official sources here today said there had been no report of swine flu in human beings so far, adding the dead pigs were confined to the districts of Lawngtlai and Lunglei bordering Myanmar and Kolasib district bordering Asom.

Publication Date:

11/08/2009

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]

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