Mexico and US reopen sterile fly plant to fight screwworm outbreak

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Mexico and the United States reopened Saturday a sterile fly production facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, expanding efforts to contain the New World screwworm, a livestock pest that has disrupted cross-border cattle trade. Mexico has 1,907 active cases, while the United States recently confirmed its first domestic cases in years. (AP video by Edgar H. Clemente). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

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