Sunday, February 19, 2006

EUROPEAN BIRD FLU ALREADY RAVAGING CONTINENT

VILLAGES QUARANTINED AS MILLIONS OF BIRDS DIE


Reports on CNN yesterday confirmed the following :

Germany confirms first case of avian influenza in birds

Dagestan reports deaths of 350,000 birds from the virus

Slovenia confirms first case of avian influenza in birds

From Romania to Leichtenstein villages are being quarantined and all poultry has been
ordered indoors

The EU will quarantine farms and villages out to a 6.5-mile radius with a surveillance zone where bird flu is confirmed, or suspected.

Two Iraqis have died from avian influenza infections

Dead swans found on a Baltic Sea island confirmed to have died from bird flu.

Slovenia confirms a dead swan found near the border with Austria as having died of the virus 35 dead birds are being tested in Denmark for the infection

In Leichtenstein, Austria, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland all poultry, farm and domestic, have been ordered to be kept inside to avoid contact with wild birds possibly infected with the virus

It remains a mystery how the avian influenza virus managed to make a "nearly simultaneous appearance" in Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Italy.

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