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Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York because of avian flu outbreak
Voice of America
An employee of La Granja Live Poultry Corp. cleans the floor inside the store, Feb. 7, 2025, in New York.
All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide.
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