Azerbaijan lifts restrictions on Iraq imposed due to bird flu outbreak

Azerbaijan lifted the restrictions imposed on Iraq due to the bird flu outbreak, the Food Security Agency of Azerbaijan told Report.

According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, registered in the Salahaddin and Basra provinces of the Republic of Iraq, was eliminated, and therefore the epizootic status of health was restored.

In this regard, the restrictions previously imposed on these provinces of Iraq have been lifted.