Philippines' Quezon Province Regains Bird Flu-Free Status

The Philippine Department of Agriculture declared Quezon province free from H5N1 avian influenza via Memorandum Circular 45, effective Sept. 24. Quezon had three H5N1 cases earlier in 2026 at broiler breeder and backyard duck farms in Lucban and Sampaloc; it's the second time the province regained disease-free status since 2023. Seventeen Philippine provinces total have now recovered from the viru

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