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March 7, 20221:09pm

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The US Department of Agriculture reported outbreaks of a highly lethal type of bird flu in commercial flocks in Maryland and South Dakota over the weekend, adding to concerns that wild birds are spreading the disease across the country.

Farmers are ordered to kill their flocks after the disease is detected, and importing countries including Mexico, China and Korea have imposed state-specific import restrictions in response.

Thebird flu outbreakis the worst since 2015, when nearly 50 million birds, mostly turkeys and egg-laying…