SEVERAL market vendors in Quezon City dropped the price of chicken and reduced supply after the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza virus (bird flu) in Pampanga last week.

A check by The Manila Times in some of these markets showed vendors dropping the prices by as much as P15 or from P160 per kilo to P145.

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