Bird Flu Outbreak 2024 South Africa. South africa faces chicken shortages in the coming months as a bird flu outbreak and persistent electricity cuts ravage the poultry industry, the country’s largest. The threat of a new influenza pandemic has prompted countries to draft national strategic preparedness plans to prevent, contain and mitigate the next human influenza.
So far, four farms in south africa have. South africa’s poultry industry is currently grappling with a significant challenge as it faces a resurgence of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.