Bird flu is also spreading in Israel. A spokeswoman for the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture confirmed on Sunday that there was a major outbreak in battery cages near the town of Margaliot in the north of the country on the border with Lebanon. Hens 320,000 more laying hens would therefore have to be killed, in addition to 244,000 hens that had already been killed a week ago. Mass deaths had also previously been observed in other laying batteries in Israel. “The Ministry of Agriculture is concerned that people could be infected by infected battery cells near homes,” said a statement....