Thursday, December 15, 2005
Bird Flu one step closer to Europe ... Final stop in the Americas
First Turkey, then Hungary ... now this:
Technorati Tags: Bird Flu | China
- KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that outbreaks of bird flu in 11 Crimean villages were the deadly H5N1 strain that has jumped from bird to humans in Asia and killed at least 69 people.
Laboratory tests confirmed the lethal strain was present in 11 out of the 25 villages where bird deaths have been recorded on the Black Sea peninsula, said Ukraine Health Ministry spokeswoman Anna Trubachova.
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Ukraine recorded its first case of bird flu on Dec. 4 after some 2,500 birds died on the Black Sea peninsula. The area affected is covered by marshy wetlands near the Azov Sea and is a popular resting place for migratory birds.
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Technorati Tags: Bird Flu | China
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